VENUS FLYTRAP

VENUS FLYTRAP

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Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.
The Venus flytrap is one of a very small group of plants capable of rapid movement. The Venus flytrap is a small plant whose structure can be described as a rosette of four to seven leaves, which arise from a short subterranean stem that is actually a bulb-like object. Each stem reaches a maximum size of about three to ten centimeters, depending on the time of year.

Are Venus fly traps dangerous to humans ?

The Venus flytrap won't be able to harm you, but you will be harming it. Venus flytrap plants can't eat anything much bigger than a housefly and mostly they eat mosquitoes and gnats. If you put the tip of your finger in the flytrap's bug eating mouth, it will quickly snap shut, but it won't hurt at all.

DIET

Most carnivorous plants selectively feed on specific prey. This selection is due to the available prey and the type of trap used by the organism. With the Venus flytrap, prey is limited to beetles, spiders and other crawling arthropods.

LIFE SPAN

The plants will live for 20 to 30 years if cultivated in the right conditions. Unnecessarily triggering the trap will only result in the plant's premature death.

If you notice that a trap isn't closing when triggered, it is possible that it has eaten recently, or is running out of energy and nearing the end of its lifetime.

Heliophyte

Heliophyte

Heliophytes are the plants adapted to a habitat with a very intensive insolation, because of the construction of its own structure and maintenance. 

Examples of heliophytes are :- mullein, ling, thyme and soft velcro, white clover, and most roses.

Sciophyte

Sciophyte

Sciophytes are plants need less intensity of light and they grow under the canopy of trees. These plants have less amount of chlorophyll and remain smaller due to decreased rate of photosynthesis.

Examples of sciophyte are :- Oxalis.

Mesophyte

Mesophyte

Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are neither adapted to particularly dry nor particularly wet environments. They make up the largest ecological group of terrestrial plants, and usually grow under moderate to hot and humid climatic regions.

Example of mesophytes are :- goldenrod, clover, oxeye daisy, and Rosa multiflora.

Hydrophyte

Hydrophyte

A Hydrophyte are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments. Aquatic plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water, or at the water's surface. The most common adaptation is aerenchyma, but floating leaves and finely dissected leaves are also common. Aquatic plants can only grow in water or in soil that is permanently saturated with water. 

Examples of hydrophyte are :- Equisetum fluviatile, Glyceria maxima, Hippuris vulgaris, Sagittaria, Carex etc...

Xerophyte

Xerophyte

A xerophyte is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water, such as a desert or an ice- or snow-covered region in the Alps or the Arctic. 

Examples of xerophytes are :- cacti, pineapple and some Gymnosperm plants.

RACCOON

RACCOON 

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Raccoon is a medium-sized mammal. They are usually nocturnal and omnivorous.

The most characteristic physical feature of the raccoon is the area of black fur around the eyes, which contrasts sharply with the surrounding white face coloring. The dense underfur, which accounts for almost 90% of the coat, insulates against cold weather.

HEALTH

Raccoons can carry rabies, a lethal disease caused by the neurotropic rabies virus (A neurotropic virus is a virus that is capable of infecting nerve cells.) carried in the saliva and transmitted by bites.

SPEED

Their top speed over short distances is 16 to 24 km/h Raccoons can swim with an average speed of about 5 km/h and can stay in the water for several hours.

DIET

Common foods include fruits, plants, nuts, berries, insects, rodents, frogs, eggs, and crayfish.

In urban environments, the animal often sifts through garbage for food.

LIFE SPAN

Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years. 

Life span in the wild depends upon the conditions. The most important natural predators of the raccoon are bobcats, coyotes, and great horned owls.

PIT ADDERS

PIT ADDERS

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Pit address commonly known as pit vipers, group of snakes includes some of the most beautiful and most venomous and dangerous snake species in the world.

They are distinguished by the presence of a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on both sides of the head. A deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared-detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense to help them find and perhaps even judge the size of the small, warm-blooded prey on which they feed.

When prey comes into range, infrared radiation falling onto the membrane allows the snake to determine its direction. The paired pit organs provide the snake with thermal rangefinder capabilities. These organs are of great value to a predator that hunts at night, as well as for avoiding the snake’s own predators.

DIET

Diet consists mainly of small mammals, such as mice, rats, voles, and shrews, as well as lizards. Sometimes, slow worms are taken, and even weasels and moles. They feed on amphibians, such as frogs, newts, and salamanders. Birds are also reported to be consumed, especially nestlings and even eggs, for which they will climb into shrubbery and bushes. Generally, diet varies depending on locality.

LIFESPAN

It is difficult to calculate the average lifespan of a pit viper in the wild but it is likely to be shorter than that of one in captivity due to factors such as disease, predation and hunger.

TYPES OF PIT ADDERS

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● RATTLESNAKES

● COPPERHEADS

● COPPERHEAD

● BOTHROPS

● COTTONMOUTH

● WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE

● EYELASH VIPER

● BOTHRIECHIS

● FER DE LANCE

● TIMBER RATTLESNAKE

● DEINAGKISTRODON

● LACHESIS

● GOLDEN LANCEHEAD

● BOTHROPS JARARACA

● BOTHROPS ATROX

● LACHESIS MUTA

● MASSASAUGAS

● MASSASAUGA

● PYGMY RATTLESNAKE

● BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS

● BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU

● PORTHIDIUM

● PORTHIDIUM NASUTUM

● VIRIDOVIPERA

● PORTHIDIUM YUCATANICUM

CUTTLEFISH

CUTTLEFISH

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Cuttlefish are among the most intelligent invertebrates. Cuttlefish are also known to change color rapidly. Cuttlefish also have one of the largest brain-to-body size ratios of all invertebrates.

DIET

Cuttlefish use their camouflage to hunt and sneak up on their prey. They swim at the bottom, where shrimp and crabs are found, and shoot out a jet of water to uncover the prey buried in the sand. Then when the prey tries to escape, the cuttlefish open their eight arms and shoot out two long feeding tentacles to grab them, paralyzing it with venom before eating it.

Cuttlefish eat small molluscs, crabs, shrimp, fish, octopus, worms, and other cuttlefish. 

LIFESPAN

The average life expectancy of a cuttlefish is about 1–2 years.