Interesting facts about Lizards

The “Kommodo Dragon” lives in Indonesia and is the largest lizard in the world . They belong to the species of Monitor lizard .They can reach up to 10 feet high and they are three meters wide . They are carnivores and they can eat racoons , turtles and even humans.They can see 300 meters away, so they can catch their prey .

The “Basilisk lizard” lives in the Amazon and is also known as the “Jesus Christ Lizard”.They can run over the water . It has webbed feet and can run at speed of 86 mph . They like to eat insects .

The “Thorny devil” lives in the Mexican Desert . Their bodies are covered with thorn .They like to eat ants and can eat 3000 of ants in a day .For hydration ,they absorbs the moisture from the air through the pores on their body . This hydration system , is mimic by scientists, to provide water to people living in the area where there is scarcity of water.

Geckos are the largest group of lizards ,about 5,000 species .Found everywhere in the world except Antartica. Some can also make sound as they have vocal cords.They like to eat insects.Few of them can also change colour according to their mood.

The "Gila Monster lizard" and "Mexican Beaded lizard" are found in Mexican Desert . They are the most poisonous lizards in the world.

Draco Lizards can fly .They have wings and they move around by gliding.

The "Frill neck lizards" have large frill around their neck ,which remain folded with their

body.When threatened, it open up its frill encircling its head , stand on its hind legs and

hisses.It can run on its hind legs. They eat insects.

They are also Legless lizards.The look like snakes but they can be differentiated as they have

eyelids, external ear openings, they lack broad belly scales, notched tongue and very long

tail.

All species of Lizards are cold blooded and they all like basking in the sun.They shed their skin to grow more.

Comments

Facts About Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier which was built in 1984, protects Central London from tidal surges in the North Sea. It protects 125 sq km or 48 sqm of Central London. The Thames barrier was built, because of the Thames flood in 1928. The Thames river flooding destroyed lots of properties and 14 people lost their lives in the flood. So, the Environmental Agency came up with the idea of the Thames Barrier and its construction started in 1974. It is predicted that even with heavy rainfall and rising tides due to climate change it will still be able to protect London from flooding until 2070. There are three positions of the Thames Barrier to let the river water flow in a controlled amount. 1- The "Underspill position", of the barrier allows a controlled amount of water to go under the barrier, this position is used when tides get too

Lunar Eclipse 2018 - Fun Facts

On 27 July 2018, there will be a longest total lunar eclipse , during which the moon appear a lot bigger and also red.And the eclipse can be seen for the whole one hour. So ,what causes the moon to turn red?.This question baffled scientists for many years , but with new technology, it has been discovered that the moon turns red , when the earth blocks the light coming from the sun to the moon , it casts two shadows called the penumbra and umbra shadow . The penumbra gives of a blue light that deflects the red colour to the umbra which is the darkest shadow , since no light gets to moon , the deflected red colour cast a red colour on the moon. If the moon keeps on going round and round the earth then we should get a lunar eclipse every month.Instead , we get a lunar eclipse once every year.Why

Coolest Project UK 2018 - My Experience

This Saturday on the 28th of April 2018, I went to Coolest Projects UK, organized by Raspberry PI foundation in Here East, Stratford London.It was a long journey and the weather was very cold, but I was very excited to show my project to everyone. The event organizers registered and provided all the participants with a shirt and a lanyard with our name and projects name on them.Then, I was allocated to a table with my name and my project name on.Next to me, was a team of children that had made a Zombie Apocalypse project. My Presentation Table and Ninja Shirt There were four categories which included web pages, scratch, hardware and mobile applications.Many children took part in those categories.There were four brilliant Science Shows, I had the chance to attend two of them, hosted by Greg Foot and Neil Monteiro, who were the Science presenters. I also got to see 3D printers, speech to text machines and a camera

Something interesting for you!

Search This Blog