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Common toad is an amphibian creature capable of living on land as well as in water. It is of the same family as that of frog but has several distinct features, allowing one to differentiate between them. Common toad has short legs, stout body,

On a visit to Africa, especially to Southern and Eastern Africa, do not be surprised to see an animal with body parts borrowed from several other animals. Ox-head, buffalo horns and horse mane is what you will notice at the very first sight. No,

Domesticated from around 7000 B.C, these members of Bovidae family are sometimes referred to as the ‘poor man’s cow’ for their extensive utility and affordable cost of maintenance. A major contributor to the dryland farming system to the point of being self sacrificial (pun

Displaying a number of characteristics that are not normally seen in every animal or bird, geese are among the finest and elegant looking birds that nature has acquainted us with. Amicable, loyal, caring and helpful are the best traits with which a goose is

Hamster, the nocturnal rodent and one of the favourite pets in most of the countries, is seen as a fat-rich animal. Hamsters draw their origination from Syria and they were used for research purposes until 1948. In the year 1948, Albert Marsh, a highway

The opossums are the only marsupials found in North America. Marsupial, an infraclass of mammals, suggests that the infant opossum resides in the pouch of adult female opossum. Opossums have marked their presence since the time of dinosaurs; the fossils of opossums are found