THESE ARE PICTURES OF FOUR NOTABLE ANIMALS WHICH ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR STRANGE FEATURES AND SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING CATERPILLARS , NAKED MOLE RATS , PLATYPUS AND KANGAROO.

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Miscellaneous
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Caterpillars - false legs
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MOBILITY
One characteristic feature of animals is their motility or mobility ;
In fact over millions of years they have evolved many varieties of
means of moving around to suit their respective circumstances ;
And some of them display really very interesting and notable ability.

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NOTABLES
Caterpillars--walking style
The caterpillars of moths and butterflies have 3 pairs of true legs called
‘ walking legs’ at the front (on thorax) and 6 pairs of false feet at the
back (on abdomen) to move in a rippling fashion ;some even spin a
carpet of silk to help them to move over smooth surfaces .
Extraordinary - Mole rat – A strange Mammal
Vertebrate of the year 2013
Jedimentat –Flickr – Wc - cc
Thermo conformist and cancer resistant, pain resistant ‘sand puppy’
Naked Mole rats are eusocial rodents which live in underground
colonies dominated ,as in termites & bees, by a queen which alone gives
birth to young ,others acting as subordinates ,looking after her and her
babies, and doing other work like worker bees , in a regimented way .

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Strange Mammal Platypus
nih.gov- news-events Klaus – Flickr – Wc – cc
Duck billed , beaver tailed , Otter footed ,fish eyed , egg laying
poisonous monotreme with electro and mechano receptors in its Bill
swimming in Australian streams with closed eyes, is a unique mammal.

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Kangaroo
AWS 10 – Wc – Public domain Pan BK – WC – cc
A Marsupial Mammal
Hopping in Australian grasslands ,
Giving birth to developing fetus like baby called Joey
and nursing him in marsupium pouches
Living in groups called ‘ Mobs ‘ and capable of switching
between hopping and pentapedal locomotion using
tail (as a sort of third leg forming a tripod with two forelimbs.)