Download - Pecha Kuch – Survival - By Shilpa Pradeep
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Pecha Kucha Session
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Survival
Porcupinefish
• It can inflate its body using air and water• Increase in size to almost double • Sharp spines radiate outwards
Carpenter Ant
• Named exploding ants• Spraying toxic substance from head by
bursting it open to immobilizing the predators
Bombardier Beetle
• Heats the liquid and sprays it from the end of its abdomen.• Quinone + hydroquinone + hydrogen peroxide
Electric Eel
• Eel discharges high voltage to keep predators away.
• 500V discharge
Texas Horned Lizard
• It launches its fluid sample straight from its eye.
Pistol Shrimp
• Two interlocking pressure built up in his claw, to releases a wave of bubbles that is equivalent to sun’s atmosphere
Hairy frog
• Central African species • Cracks its own toe bones
Newt
• Shifts its ribs forward at an angle and pushes them through its stretched skin resulting in a row of spikes on either side of the body
Hagfish
• Slime their enemies
Opossum
• Play dead
Thorny Devil
• False head
Frilled Dragon
• Frills around the shoulders which is “activated” when frightened
Blue Tongue Lizard
• When threatened it displays his darkened tongue
Mimic Octopus
• Master of disguise• 15 different types of marine life to
camouflage
Sea cucumber
• Expel their internal organs• These contain toxic chemical that can kill
predators
Refrences
• http://mentalfloss.com/• http://www.travelvivi.com/• http://www.earthrangers.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/
