Why are so many cabs yellow?

Researchers had found that the human eye spots the colour yellow very fast. Following this cue, John Herz, founder of the Yellow Cab company, picked up the yellow colour for cabs so that they would be easy to locate by travellers.

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What are corals?

Corals are small colourful marine animals that are found in the seas. They build the coral reefs. Their exoskeletons provide the structure of the reefs. The reefs are of high ecological importance. Corals grow very slowly at the rate of about one centimetre a year.

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Animals that can live longer without water than camels

Camels are known to live without water for many weeks in the desert. But it has been found that giraffes and kangaroo rats can live for more days than the camels. Giraffes eat food high in water content, and so they can live without water for weeks. Kangaroo rats never drink water but metabolise water from the seeds they eat.

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