20th May 2016

Are fungi plants, animals or neither?

Researchers have come to the conclusion that fungi are genetically more closely related to animals and humans than to plants. Earlier it was believed that fungi were close to plants. This finding is based on the genetic data obtained recently. Accordingly, fungi have been assigned a separate kingdom along with the plant kingdom and animal kingdom.

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19th April 2016

Longest gestation periods in the animal kingdom

The elephant has the longest gestation period at 22 months. This is longer than that of the blue whale, which is one year. Some species of dolphins have a gestation period of 17 months and sperm whales carry their young for up to 19 months. Rhinos have a gestation period of about 450 days. Owing to such long gestation, the population of these species are not quickly replenished.

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