identify and connect to a book

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christmas tree worm

Answer: Spirobranchus giganteus

Commonly known as Christmas tree worms, they are small, tube-building polychaete worms belonging to the family Serpulidae.

Identify the species

Answer: Raccoon

The raccoon is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in) and a body weight of 3.5 to 9 kg (8 to 20 lb). The raccoon is usually nocturnal and is omnivorous.Two of its most distinctive features are its extremely dexterous front paws and its facial mask, which are themes in the mythology of several Native American tribes. Raccoons are noted for their intelligence, with studies showing that they are able to remember the solution to tasks up to three years later.

smallest marine mammal

Identify

Answer: Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

It is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 to 100 lb), making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among the smallest marine mammals. Unlike most marine mammals, the sea otter's primary form of insulation is an exceptionally thick coat of fur, the densest in the animal kingdom. Although it can walk on land, the sea otter lives mostly in the ocean.

fundamentals of genetics

Connect

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Correct answer from Chandrashekar

Answer: A) Gregor Johann Mendel

             B) Pea plant(Pisum sativum)

Connect:Gregor Mendel did experiments on pea plants which led to some basic laws of modern genetics.

Between 1856 and 1863 Mendel cultivated and tested some 29,000 pea plants (i.e., Pisum sativum). This study showed that one in four pea plants had purebred recessive alleles, two out of four were hybrid and one out of four were purebred dominant. His experiments led him to make two generalizations, the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment, which later became known as Mendel's Laws of Inheritance.

sea parrot

Identify

Correct answer from Visaka simhan

Answer:Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

The Atlantic Puffin  is a seabird species in the auk family.Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. Also known as the Common Puffin, it is the only puffin species which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The curious appearance of the bird, with its colourful huge bill and its striking piebald plumage, has given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the ocean" and "sea parrot".

today a fish

Identify

Answer:Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)

The yellow tang is very commonly kept as a saltwater aquarium fish.It is also known as the Lemon sailfin, Yellow sailfin tang, and Somber surgeonfish. The largest scientifically measured Yellow Tang has been 20.0 cm and, as suggested by its name, the Yellow Tang has a bright yellow colour. It has a very deep body with a moderately protruding mouth. Young Yellow Tangs feature 12 upper teeth and 14 lower teeth, whilst the adults have 18 upper teeth and 22 lower teeth.

a crustacean

Identify

Answer:Carcinus maenas

It is known by different names around the world. In the British Isles, it is generally referred to simply as the shore crab. In North America and South Africa, it bears the name green crab or European green crab. In Australia and New Zealand, it is referred to as either the European green crab or European shore crab.

a carnivorous plant

Identify

Answer: Venus Flytrap(Dionaea muscipula)

It is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces.

beautiful but dangerous

Identify this Cnidarian

Answer: Physalia physalis

It is commonly known as the Portuguese Man o' War and is named for its air bladder, which looks similar to the triangular sails of the Portuguese ship (man-of-war) Caravela latina (two- or three-masted lateen-rigged ship caravel), of the 15th and 16th centuries.

which antelope?

Identify

Answer: Black buck(Antelope cervicapra)

Black buck is one of the fastest running animals on this earth. The male black buck is dark brown or black in color, while the color of female black buck is light brown. Most of the female black bucks do not have horns. In case they do have horns, they are not spiraled like that of the males.

a state flower

Identify

Answer: Cassia fistula

It is the state flower of Kerala and the national flower of Thailand(Rachapruek).