The First Wonder of the World_ China’s Stone Forest

China’s Stone Forest (Shilin) Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, enjoys great fame among tourists not only because the region features a consistently warm climate, but also thanks to its wonderful vistas and landscapes. Among the most dramatic of these attractions is the Stone Forest (Shilin), known since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.) as the 'First Wonder of the World.' the national park is a popular tourist destination said to be 270 million years old! The Stone Forest...

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Thorny Animals _ Alive Thorns!

Some of Thorny Animals of the WorldIn Animal kingdom, some of animals have protective arms for defense such as horn, venom, sharp nail, venomous spine & teeth, toxic saliva etc. Animals have many positive and alternative defense mechanisms by using protective arms against their predator & prey. For example, the coast horned lizard, as a defense, the lizard can shoot high pressure streams of blood out of its eyes if threatened. The short-beaked echidna is covered in fur and spines,...

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Aquatic Flowers _ Ornaments of Water Kingdom

Aqua Flowers, Aquatic Beauty!A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers give rise to fruit and seeds. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer...

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