The camel’s best known nickname is ‘the ship of desert’, and it is very well suited to the camel. The camel is ideally suited to the life it leads in the desert, and its best adaptation is its hump. Although many people know that the camel can go for days, even weeks at a time, without food or water, not …

There are two occasions when a snake will dance – both connected with the mating season. In the first case the dancing partners are both male and their performance appears to be a from of aggression designed to impress the female. The second occasion is a nuptial dance between male and female. First the snakes pursue each other and coil …

A lizard is capable of shedding its tail at any time. If a lizard is attacked it may sacrifice its tail in an attempt to surprise and confuse the enemy. When a lizard’s tail is caught by an assailant or a trap, it will simply snap off and enable the reptile to escape. Although some lizards’ tails can be four …

Dowsing is an ancient way of finding water. The dowser holds one end of the Y-shaped twig in each hand, and walks around until the stem twitches downward, showing where is buried.

Rainwater that sleeps into the ground filters down to the zone of saturation, where every crack in the rock is filled with water. (Below this point compact rocks stop the water going any deeper.) The top level of the zone of saturation is called the water table. This level rises and falls according to the weather, and walls sunk down …

The song of the birds at dawn has given pleasure to millions of people has been celebrated in poetry and prose for many years. The most usual explanation given in the Middle Ages was that the birds sang each day in praise of God and the beauty with which, he had clothed the world. More recently, there was the feeling …

Turtles and tortoises have been on planet Earth even before the dinosaurs. They are that old. The difference between a turtle and tortoise is that the turtle stays in water while the tortoise stays on land. But both creatures have one thing in common: they live to a ripe old age, from 120 years to almost 200 years! Some of …

Some animals have a special, reflective surface right behind their retinas, called the tapetum lucidum, which helps animals see better in the dark. When light enters the eye, it hits a photoreceptor that transmits the information to the brain. But sometimes light doesn’t hit the photoreceptor, so the tapetum lucidum acts as a mirror to bounce it back for a …

Some plants capture insects and other tiny animals and use them as food. They do not devour their prey by chewing but decompose them in a mixture of enzymes. The pitcher plant attract to its large showy leaf by means of sweet-smelling nectar. The leaf has a treacherous lip which precipitates the unwary victim into a deep hollow pitcher full …

इन लोगों का रास्ता न काटें, अपना मार्ग बदल लें चक्रिणो दशमीस्थस्य रोगिणो भारिणः स्त्रियाः। स्नातकस्य च राज्ञश्च पन्था देयो वरस्य च।। रथ पर सवार आदमी, बुज़ुर्ग, बीमार, बोझ उठाए हुए व्यक्ति, महिला, स्नातक, दूल्हा। इन आठों को अपने सामने पाकर आगे जाने के लिए रास्ता दें और खुद या तो एक ओर हट जाएं या अपना मार्ग बदल लें। श्लोक …