Protozoa and Metazoa

In the  creature world ,there are 2 types of animals.  Metazoa and Protozoa.Protozoa are singular celled. Metazoa  are multi-cellular organisms such as   Homo sapiens or  humans. An example of Protozoa is a  Stentor . Here a picture of a Stentor.

 So you get the idea , right? Fish , snakes , cats , dogs , primates , birds , amphibians , dolphins , bats ,  bears , raccoons  ,  cows , goats , sheep , hyenas ,monotremes ( like the platypus ) ,are all    Metazoa and some Protozoa are :

Volvox
Euglena
Paramecium
Amoeba
Stentor

But the ones that came first were  Protozoa. If you want proof , Take a living sponge , put it in a blender and 
take it back to the sea . You might think its dead , but its not! Sometime later if you look, you will see its all rearranged.The reason this happened was because long ago the Protozoa decided to live together to make 

life  easier . By the way , if you want to see   Protozoa , just go to a wetland , or a swamp and scoop up some 
water and put it in a very powerful microscope .
So even though protozoa and metazoa  are very different,
 there still living organisims.

Leeches

Almost everyone has heard of a leech .But not every one knows that not all leeches are parasitic. One thing they all are related to earthworms and  both are annelids. Annelids are worms that have segments. I bet you did not know this. Leeches are good swimmers. They swim in an S shape.Most leech species do not feed on human blood, but instead prey on small invertebrates, which they eat whole. The ones that are parasitic do eat blood though. If one does bite you, you wont notice it .This is because they have anesthetic in their saliva or spit. A long time ago people thought sickness was caused by bad blood . So they put leeches on  the sick .  Did you think that worked ? It  never did. Then they put leeches in hospitals again. They let the leeches feed on a spot near an operation. Their anticoagulant makes the blood keep flowing to the spot so it can heal faster.
 My dad told me if you put rock salt on a leach that is biting you , it will stop. Leeches are pretty
misunderstood.

 

Taipan Inland (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

 The Taipan Inland is the world's most  venomous land snake.It is the most venomous land snake,but not that aggressive. In fact it is very shy . Did you know that they change color during the seasons. This is one in summer:

And this one is in winter:

The first one is almost white, and the second is black.
 Like other snakes the Taipan Inland is a meat eater . The Inland Taipan consumes mostly rodents, small mammals and birds. Unlike other venomous snakes that strike with a single accurate bite then retreat while waiting for the prey to die, the Inland Taipan is known to deliver up to eight venomous bites in a single attack. 
So I guess they are not aggressive to humans , but to their prey.Taipan Inlands are cool.

Yellow Bellied Sea Snake

The yellow bellied sea snake is cool! It's tail is shaped like an oar which helps it to swim in the water. Yellow bellied sea snake eats ...you guessed it right- fish. The yellow bellied sea snake has a yellow belly to warn other creatures that it is . If you get freaked out that these snakes might hurt you, don't worry. These yellow bellied sea snake only lives in the deep part of the Pacific ocean. The Yellow bellied sea snake can also be near Hawaii. It almost always stay in water and is  helpless on land.

The Yellow bellied sea sea snakes breed in warm waters . they are ovoviviparous with a gestation period of about 6 months.Here is a cool fact:Did you know that

the Yellow bellied sea snake is related to the Cobra family?

This snake is capable of spending up to three hours underwater without surfacing and can swim forward or backward. It's nostrils face upward so it's easy to breath.The Yellow bellied sea snake is awesome !

The Pickpocketer

June 17,2020, at market street Sanfrancisco, a not so clever pick pocketer named Jim pick pocketed few wallets from different people. Jim rushed out of Market street and headed straight towards the beach. He panted for a while and then sat down on a bench. He pulled out few wallets from his pockets. The first wallet had nothing but few expired credit cards and only $3 "whoever had this must be poor" he said to himself. Then he went through the second wallet ...no luck here too "this guy should be a reckless!" Then Jim went through the third wallet which had $30 exactly and BART ticket "whola! this is good for today let me check my luck on the last wallet" said Jim. When he opened the last wallet, he couldn't believe his luck. The last wallet had an unexpired credit card, "wow! a credit card!" he shouted and danced in the public. Now Jim had a masterplan, he planned to go to Gold rush museum where a lot of people would show up to see the art display made out of gold in 1847. Jim used the credit card to purchase the ticket. As expected, there were quite a lot of wealthy people with all nice clothings and jewelleries. Jims mind was all set to gather all the wallets of all these people. He moved here and there bumped on few, pushed a few and collected a few wallets. Jims eyes were wandering until his eyes were stuck on the gold art. He started to plan to steal the art made out of gold as well. Jim never noticed or even thought that there were cameras mounted on the wall all over the museum. Jim took the axe which was kept near the fire extinguisher. He took out the match box from his pocket and burnt his scarf and threw it near the art which was made out of gold. He then shouted, "fire, fire, everybody run!" people got scare and soon evacuated out through the emergency exit. "Well, that was easier than I thought, now all this gold is mine!' he said to himself and broke the glass with the axe and took out the gold art. The burglar alarm and the smoke alarm went off and soon there were cops with guns surrounding him and soon came the firefighters as well. Jim said, "hey is this what you try to do to me after I have saved this piece of art?" without taking his eyes off from the gold. "Quit playing we know all your tricks" said the cops. "Well not all my tricks" said Jim who grabbed the fire extinguisher and sprayed it on the cops and tried to escape but the exits were blocked by the fire fighters. The next moment Jim found himself on the floor while a cop suppressing him and he was handcuffed and sent to jail.

Acid spitting snake

One hot summer day, Max and Kevin headed to Dr. Sam's office. "Dr. Sam, could you please take a look at this weired creature and let us know what it is?" said Kevin holding a jar with a moving creature inside it. Dr. Sam adjusted his glasses and sipped the water from his mug. Dr. Sam after a pause replied, "this is a rare snake which spits acid and eats Mongooses". He then paused again and after examining it for a while he said, "look at this red spot in between the eyelids. If a single water droplet touches this redspot then this snake will turn into a maneater".
Just then, Dr. Sam looked at the clock, "oh! my favourite video should have started now". As he switched on the Television, Dr. Sam saw the flash new where it said, the dam nearby started leaking and by night it is going to flood. Everyone in the room gulped. Kevin said, "ttt...oo....nnn....tonight?!" Dr. Sam, Kevin and Max ran out of the room leaving the jar behind. However, the snake managed to escape from the jar by slamming its nose on the jar and by breaking it. By the time, many people in the neighbourhood were in the BART station to move to a different location. A few people were able to board the plane while few others were heading to the neighbouring state while few others moved to other cities nearby in their car. Not even, a single creature were left behind except for the acid spitting snake at Dr. Sam's office.
The Acid spitting snake as soon as it came out of the jar it gave birth to 3 baby snakes. Just then, the dam broke and water gushed through Dr. Sam's office and covered the snakes. A magical scene took place, the mother snake and the baby snakes all started growing immediately. They grew up to 160 feet. Soon, they were all very hungry and craved to eat their favourite food the Mongoose. They searched everywhere and couldn't find a single mongoose or any other living beings.
Meanwhile, Kevin who was in the train said, "Oh! no I left Velma inside Dr. Sam's office". "Who is Velma?" asked the other two. "Velma is the acid spitting snake. I named her so!" They happened to see lot of Mongooses outside on the other side of track. Meanwhile, furious Velma and her babies had slithered all the way and spot these Mongoose. Velma and babies happily spitted out the acid from the fangs and it fell on a carriage which immediately got burnt up. As and when Velma and her babies slithered they pushed some of the carriages on which some of the people got badly injured but none died. Velma and her new born babies feasted on the Mongooses. Everyone except Dr. Sam, Kevin and Max ran away to save their lives. Kevin said, "why are we hiding here?" Sam said, "because, these kind of snakes have poor vision. They can only see straight and not side ways". Just then, one of the baby snake spotted Kevin and greedily opened its mouth and was about to gobble him up , while Sam started to cry as his brother's life was at stake. Kevin started to scream and both the brothers woke up from their sleep and said "what a terrible nightmare I had !"
Kevin asked Sam, "did you too have the Acid spitting snake dream ?" Sam said "yes" and they discussed about their dream and it was just one and the same dream they had. They had watched a terrible TV show the previous night which resulted in the terrible nightmare.

Crocodiles

Crocodiles are cold blooded, which means they are a type of reptile. Do you know that the largest crocodile has a bite force as much as a pickup truck sitting on you. This is the scariest part we know about crocodile but on the other hand, there is also another softer side to a crocodile which is about love and caring, by the mother crocodile. It is proven that among reptiles only crocodiles and their relatives tend both eggs and hatchlings, while other egg-laying reptiles hatch long after the parents have abandoned the eggs.

The mom crocodile go about digging underground to make the nest for the eggs. The mom crocodile will then lay 20 to 60 eggs in the nest and then she will bury it. She will then keep an eye on the nest and protect them from predators such as monitor lizards, honey badgers.

Few months have passed and the area will be full of squeaking sound. The mother will soon start to dig where the eggs were hidden by her in the underground nest. The babies start to come out. The mother crocodile takes care of her baby crocodiles until they are able to hunt adequately for themselves.