Animals

The March of the Red Crab
A Moth Find a New Home
Suicidal Birds
A leopard and A cheetah
The Spectacular Hornbill
The Antelope with an extraordinary nose
Masquerading Males
Tiny But Powerful
Electric Fishes
Paternal Care
Hairless Cat
Passionate Parrot
Calling Out To Mother
Hot Wheels
Discs On Their Wings
Two-humped Camels
Frozen Frog
Silken Chambers
Earth Pig
Swordsman of the Sea
The Ostrich Trick
Electrifying Meal
Bizarre Turtle
Grey Whales
The Flying Lemur
The Winged Fishing Creature
Llamas
A Different Sort of a Parrot
The Tailless Cat
The Ancestor Of The Rhino
Acquisitive Wood Rats
The Butterflyfish
The Amazing Jumper
The Largest Deer
The Devil’s Coach-Horse
The Porcupine With A Prehensile Tail
The Irritating Fencing
The Acrobatic Otter
The Busy Termite Colony
Superb Mimics
The Canary
Snow Monkey
Jumping Spiders
Glass Lizard
Beetle Rhino
The World’s Smallest Bear
Hygienic Ants
Flat as a Pancake
The Carpet Shark
The Centipede Walk

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Lizard Escapes

The green iguana is a lizard which can swim well. When it wants to escape from a predator, it dives underwater, where it remains until the predator goes away. It can remain underwater for upto almost an hour - long enough to try the patience of its predators.
There’s a lizard species called the oscellated skink, which digs tunnels inside trees to which it escapes in times of danger. Digging tunnels is no problem for this skink for its wedge-shaped snout and powerful hind legs serve as efficient tools.
The gliding gecko of Thailand is a 15-cm long lizard which is able to glide to safety. When confronted by an enemy, it leaps from its tree perch and spreads its legs and tail.

This stretches out the folds of skin on either side of its body, which serve as tiny parachutes for the gecko to glide to a safer branch.

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Last updated on :7/12/2004