Our next example is a plant. The Cuckoo Pint belongs to the Arum family. It is a common resident of damp English hedge bottoms. Its arrow shaped leaves, covered with dark blotches, emerge above the soil in the spring. Next to follow is a rounded striped green sheath, from the centre of which project…
For our next topic we cross the Atlantic. There is a huge range of butterflies in the world. Every butterfly starts off as an egg, which hatches into a caterpillar. After a while this turns into a chrysalis, which in turn hatches out into a flying insect that feeds on the nectar of flowers, and even…
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Our first case is a scary one. The Black Mamba is a venomous snake found in Africa. It can grow up to 4 metres long. It is actually green in colour, but has a black lining to its mouth. The Mamba is quick to defend itself, and will rear up high and lash out with its poisonous fangs at anyone who com…
Whales are the most majestic of all living reatures. Their power and sheer size, the distances they can travel, and their ability to communicate with each other over hundreds of miles, fill us with awe. But the most impressive of all is the Sperm Whale. The male Sperm Whale is the largest hunter eve…
One huge problem with evolutionary theory is how big changes could take place at all. For all living creatures, the link between one generation and the next is DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), the amazing code structure that describes every feature of an individual. Criminals have been convicted in re…
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