Curious Facts in Biology

Do you Know ?

Woodpeckers don’t have any vocal cords that means they

can’t make a sound. Drumming trees with their beaks play an

important part of their communication with each other!

Another amazing fact about woodpeckers is that pecking of

trees for the whole day does not cause any pain to them! They

have special air packets in their brains which prevents sense

of pain reaching the brain.

 

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Do you know?

The only part of the body that has no blood supply

is the Cornea in the eye. It takes in Oxygen

directly.

Do you know ?

You have lost about1% of your body’s water by

the time you feel thirsty.

Do you know ?

Some sharks remain on the move for their entire lives. This

forces water over their gills, delivering oxygen to the blood

stream. If the shark stops moving then it will suffocate and

die.

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