11th February 2016
African and Indian lions belong to the same species Panthera leo. However, they belong to different sub-species. The most striking morphological character always seen in Asiatic lions is a longitudinal fold of skin running along their belly. This fold of skin is rarely seen in African lions.
8th February 2016
Whales are the world’s largest animals and are found in the oceans. Whales are mammals which feed milk to their young ones and breathe air. Since they do not have gills they cannot breathe under water but have to come up to the surface of water to breathe. The air is breathed in and out through their ‘blowhole,’ which is on their back. There are two types of whales: baleen and toothed. The baleen whales do not have teeth, eat a plankton called krill and have two nostrils. The toothed whale eats plants and fishes and has only one nostril.
