Generally speaking yes they do… I mean won’t humans just topple over and die if struck by such a huge amount of electricity? Just like that, when lightning strikes water, the electrical current created spreads across the ocean and kills or harms sea life as it moves along.
Standing in front of the aquarium at home, my four year old nephew asked me – “do fish sleep”? I had no answer to his question at that time – but it did make me wonder. I was sure they did get some rest after all the swimming they do, but how? With no eyelids [...]
Believe it or not, there are blue blooded animals. Humans (and mammals in general) have red blood because of the presence of Iron. Logically speaking, since these animals do not have red blood, they must have some other element flowing through their body right? The secret element is copper… An animal which has blue blood [...]
How do penguins (and other warm blooded Antarctic mammals like whales and seals) live in the extremely cold environment of Antarctica and not freeze! Penguins have feathers but their purpose isn’t to keep them warm. It’s the layer of fat right under their sleek skin which keeps them warm – one of their biggest resistance [...]
Sharks are known to be one of the most dangerous of sea creatures, and are known to devour a majority of fish, other helpless sea life and even humans (when they are in the position to attack them). But did you ever wonder if sharks attack whales? Whales being one of the largest of sea [...]
Did you ever wonder if the starfish swims or crawls? Being categorized as a “fish” it should swim… but in actual, it just crawls. The starfish has tiny tube-like feet all over it’s bottom and it uses that to crawl from one point to the other. The crawling is very slow, so much so that [...]
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