Pecha Kuch – Survival - By Shilpa Pradeep

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Survival

Porcupinefish

• It can inflate its body using air and water• Increase in size to almost double • Sharp spines radiate outwards

Carpenter Ant

• Named exploding ants• Spraying toxic substance from head by

bursting it open to immobilizing the predators

Bombardier Beetle

• Heats the liquid and sprays it from the end of its abdomen.• Quinone + hydroquinone + hydrogen peroxide

Electric Eel

• Eel discharges high voltage to keep predators away.

• 500V discharge

Texas Horned Lizard

• It launches its fluid sample straight from its eye.

Pistol Shrimp

• Two interlocking pressure built up in his claw, to releases a wave of bubbles that is equivalent to sun’s atmosphere

Hairy frog

• Central African species • Cracks its own toe bones

Newt

• Shifts its ribs forward at an angle and pushes them through its stretched skin resulting in a row of spikes on either side of the body

Hagfish

• Slime their enemies

Opossum

• Play dead

Thorny Devil

• False head

Frilled Dragon

• Frills around the shoulders which is “activated” when frightened

Blue Tongue Lizard

• When threatened it displays his darkened tongue

Mimic Octopus

• Master of disguise• 15 different types of marine life to

camouflage

Sea cucumber

• Expel their internal organs• These contain toxic chemical that can kill

predators

Refrences

• http://mentalfloss.com/• http://www.travelvivi.com/• http://www.earthrangers.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/

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