You may have seen big hungry plants eating humans in a dark forest in lots of Sci-fi movies. Though Carnivorous plants do exist but they are certainly not “Man-eaters”. There are some predatory species of the plants that can trap, kill, eat and digest animals and they are known as the carnivorous plants. Here carnivorous does... View Article
All of those who believe that, “size does matter”; think again because a tiny amphibian like the Poison Dart Frog can be as deadly as a big sized reptile. Coming from the family of Dendrobatidae, this amazing specie of frog is found in the rain forests of Central and South America, stretching from Costa Rica to Brazil;... View Article
The term, “Hippopotamus” has been derived from two Greek words, Hippo meaning horse and potamos meaning river. That is why it is also known as, “River Horse”. After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Hippos are distantly related to whales and probably share a common ancestor, the now extinct line of “hoofed predators”... View Article
Condition of having more than one head is know as Polycephaly. This term is derived from Greek language where poly means ‘Much’ and kephali, ‘Head’. In medical sciences all these conditions are congenital cephalic disorders. Many occurrences of multi-headed animals have been found in real life as well as in mythology. The double-headed eagle is a common symbol found in historical studies even... View Article
