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Facts about amazing animals

Animal 1:

SHARKS

Sharks have receptors that is used to locate its prey. Some shark species are able to sense light directly through their skull by their pineal body. A type of shark has an eye that is about 5 cm in diameters.

Animal 2:

SNAKES

Snakes' tongues has no taste buds at all. Instead of using the tongue to taste, they are used to bring smell and taste right into the mouth of the snake. Snakes does not have external ears and because of that, they are unable to hear the music of the snake charmers. Lots of people thinks that snakes responds to the music played by the snake charmers, but actually they only responds to the movement of the flute and the snake charmers themselves. Snakes have clear, scale-like membrane covering the eye since they do not have movable eyelids.

Animal 3:

PENGUINS

Penguins are very cute animals with black and white fur. In order to have clear vision underwater, they have a flat cornea. Penguins are able to see into the ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Animal 4:

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are pesky little insects which flies here and there, sucking our blood which leaves us big, swollen and itchy lumps. They are usually attracted to human body odour , carbon dioxide, body heat and body humidity.So, let's keep ourselves clean to keep these blood-sucking and irritating insects away.

Animal 5:

PLATYPUS

Platypus are one of the only two mammals which reproduce by laying eggs. They have electric sensors in its bill that amazingly is able to detect 0.05 micro volts. Its touch and temperature detection are used by the remaining receptors in its bill. The cochlea of the inner ear is coiled only a quarter of a turn. Man's cochlea is coiled about 2.7 times, however astonishingly, platypus' cochlea are only coiled a quarter of a turn.