IT IS ABOUT THE STRANGE PROCESS OF " MAGICAL MOLTING " UNDERGONE BY MANY ANIMALS AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP(S) DURING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OR AS AN ADAPTATION TO SEASONAL CHANGES AND INVOLVING SHEDDING AND RENEWAL OF BODY PARTS ;HERE IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN BOTH HINDI & ENGLISH IN SEMIPOETICAL STYLE AND ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOS OF SOME INTERESTING INSTANCES .

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Moulting
An important stagein growth process
an essentialstep duringdevelopment
at a specific time(s)of the year (s)
or at a specificstage(s)in lifecycles
involvinghormonalactionfor
sheddingof old parts
and their replacementby new ones
as for instanceshedding & renewal of :
skin ,hair, fur or wool in mammals
plumageor feathers in birds
skin in reptiles & amphibians
or of entireexoskeletonin arthropoda.
It keeps them quitefresh,fit & fine ,
enables them to grow and respond
to photoperiods and
adapt to their environment suitably.
Let us view a few animals undergoingit :

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Cute Robin Chinese pheasant-A judge with wig!
Pixabay dogspice via imgur.com.buzzfeed.com
Owl growing new feathers Penguin growing new feathers

3. Barrachas.imgur.com-buzzfeed.com David Monniaux – Wc - cc
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Gecko moulting Gliding Lizard
Etan j tal- Wc – cc Sundar –Wc – cc

4. Aeshnacyanea ‘hawker’-emergingfrom larva skin
Bohringerfriedrich– Wc - cc
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Leopord frog–moulting & eatingskin Hermit crab- Moulting? ready to moult?
Mokele - Wc – cc USFWS- Wc – Publicdomain
Red fox in its Moult Crab spiderafter ecdysis

5. AdeleBrand –wildlifeonline.me Jon Richfield–Wc -cc
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vax ifjorZu
tho tUrqvksa ds ru cnu esa
gksrs jgrs le; le; ij ifjorZu
ij dqN thoksa esa gksrs ;s
,d vk'p;Ztud izfØ;k ds :Ik esa
Tkks gksrh muds fodkl Øe esa
fuf’pr in in ij
;k fQj fuf’pr le; ij
ekSleh ifjorZu ds :Ik esa

6. gksrh ,d ;k vusd ckj thou esa ;s
bl izdkj ]ds dksb u dksbZ vax >M++ tkrk
;k dksV dh rjg mrj tkrk ]le; is] Lor% ]
cu tkrk ;k mx vkrk ]mldh txg] u;k
;k fQj ckgjh vkoj.k & Ropk lk]
Exoskeleton tSlk Hkh
mrj tkrk iwjk dk iwjk
vkSj mldh txg cu tkrk u;k
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;s vax ifjorZu dh molting fØ;k
Hormones ls izsfjr
photoperiod }kjk izHkkfor ]
ns[kh tkrh db :Ik esa
fofHkUu tUrqvksa esa gksrs cnykoksa
esa
tSls fd

7. Mammals esa %
Ropk] cky ]Åu ]Q++j ;k lhxksa ds
>M+us ] u;s mxus esa
Birds ~ esa %
Iak[kksa ds ;k iwqaN ds ijksa ds
ds >M+us ]u;s mxus is
Amphibians vkSj Reptiles esa
Ropk esa & tsSls esa<d ;k lkai }kjk
dspaqyh NksM+us ]ubz vks<+us esa
Arthropoda esa %
insects,arachnids,crustaceans ds
exoskeleton cnyusa esa
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;s lkekU; ij vn~Hkqr fØ;k
fodflr gksusa esa]
cnyrs ekSle esa ]
lko/kkuh ls <yus esa
okrkoj.k ds vuqdwy]

8. gksrh gS ennxkj cM+h
cuk nsrh gS uohuhdj.k ls
tho tUrqvksa dks ,slk vPNk
pqLr&nq:Lr ran:Lr fQj ls
ds os gks tkrs thou la?k"kZ ds fy;s
HkfyHkkafr rS;kj fQj ls !
yxrk gS dHkh dHkh rks ,slk
ekuks tknw gks x;k AA
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9. Strange animal life styles
BIRDS
Robin