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56 Strange but True

The world we live in is a very interesting place. Everything on this earth has
its own unique features. Some features are not just unique, but can also

seem weird to our human minds.

Let us read to know about the unique qualities of these
amazing animals.
Spotted Lake Khiluk is the The seahorse is
most mineralised lake in not a horse, but it
the world. The lake is is a fish. A baby
spotted with 365 separate seahorse hatches
pools arranged in a strange inside the pouch
mosaic-like pattern. Each on its father’s
of these spots holds a belly. Each day, it
unique and highly can consume
concentrated chemical upto 3,000 brine
content and is said to cure shrimps. They
different diseases. have no teeth.

Beaver enjoys chewing wood everyday. If
it does not do so, its teeth would grow so
long that it would be unable to eat and
would starve to death.

Dolphins make high pitched clicks, groans and whistles
to communicate with each other. They cannot see well,
so they use these sound to find their way.

An elephant is incapable of jumping.
Corals are living animals found
These are the only animals on the
in large colonies. What we see is
earth with four knees. They can kneel
the skeleton outside the body. It
down on their knees.
may be soft and jelly-like or
horny or stony. Corals are
generally found in warm
tropical water.

This Corner

Ø Cheetah is the fastest running land animal in the world.
Ø The bat is the only mammal that can fly.

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