NATURAL ENGINEERS

BEAVER

        BEAVER, THE PROLIFIC BUILDER IS ACKNOWLEDGED FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION SKILLS AND CELEBRATED AS ONE OF THE FEW ANIMALS CAPABLE OF RE-ENGINEERING LANDSCAPES.IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY BUILD THEIR HOMES KNOWN AS "LODGES" ONLY IN POOLS.WHAT IS AMAZING IS THAT THEY CREATE THESE POOLS BY BUILDING DAMS ACROSS STREAMS.THE BEAVERS FELL TREES AND MOVE MATERIAL SEVERAL TIMES THEIR OWN WEIGHT."IT TAKE THE BEAVER ONLY 20 MINUTES TO CUT DOWN A TREE 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER". THE BEAVERS DIG UP CANALS TO HAUL LOGS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TRANSPORT BY LAND.THE BEAVERS ARE CAPABLE OF BUILDING DAMS COMPLETE WITH SPILLWAYS AND PASSAGEWAYS OVERNIGHT!

BUILDING SKILLS

WEAVER BIRD

       THE WEAVER BIRDS ARE RIGHTLY NAMED FOR THE HIGHLY COMPLEX NESTS THEY BUILD.USING ELEMENTARY MATERIALS SUCH AS LEAF -FIBERS,GRASS AND TWIGS,THESE MARVELOUS LITTLE BIRDS BUILD AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL NESTS WHICH BECOME A CRUCIAL PART OF THEIR COURTSHIP PROCESS.THE SOCIAL WEAVER OF AFRICA, HOWEVER, IS REPUTED FOR ITS "APARTMENT-HOUSE" NEST.ABOUT 100 TO 300 PAIRS OF BIRDS LIVE IN SEPARATE FLASK-SHAPED CHAMBERS WHICH ARE ENTERED BY TUBES LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NEST.THESE NESTS CAN MEASURE UPTO 10 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 15 FEET IN WIDTH COMPLETED WITH A ROOF OF STRAW THATCH!

SPECTACULAR SKILLS

DRAGONFLY


        A PAIR OF EYES ON THE DRAGONFLY CONSISTS OF NEARLY 60000 LENSES.WHAT IS MORE SPECTACULAR IS THAT "THE BRAIN OF A DRAGON FLY PROCESSES THOUSANDS OF IMAGES FROM EACH LENS TO PROVIDE A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF THE WORLD".
         

            ANOTHER AMAZING FACT IS THAT THE DRAGONFLY CAN DETECT MOVEMENTS SEPARATED BY 1/300th OF A SECOND.THIS MEANS THAT TO A DRAGONFLY, "A MOVIE MIGHT LOOK LIKE A SERIES OF STILL PICTURES".FLIGHT IS A MAJOR ASSET APART FROM SIGHT.A DRAGONFLY CAN FLY IN ANY DIRECTION AND EVEN HOVER AT THE SAME POSITION!

STRENGTH MATTERS

SPIDER WEB

         THE SPIDER SILK OR GOSSAMER IS JUST ONE TENTH THE DIAMETER OF HUMAN HAIR BUT IS TEN TIMES SUPERIOR TO HIGH-GRADE STEEL IN TENSILE STRENGTH.IT IS VERY LIGHT,YET HIGHLY DUCTILE WITH AN ABILITY TO STRETCH 140% OF ITS STRENGTH WITHOUT EVER BREAKING!

WORLD'S FASTEST DIGGING ANIMAL

BADGER

         BADGER ARE KNOWN AS  THE FASTEST DIGGING ANIMAL IN THE WORLD.BADGERS LIVE TOGETHER IN LARGE EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS CALLED "SETTS".THEY CAN DIG THROUGH EVEN ASPHALT PAVED AREAS AND CAN DISAPPEAR BELOW THE SURFACE WITHIN MINUTES.THEY DIG WITH THEIR LONG CLAWS AND POWERFUL LEGS TO BURROW THEMSELVES BENEATH THE GROUND.THE BADGERS ARE CAPABLE OF DIGGING FASTER THAN A MAN WOULD BE ABLE TO DIG IF HE WERE USING A SHOVEL!

WORLD'S STRONGEST CREATURE

RHINO BEETLE
        
           RHINO BEETLE ARE AMONG THE LARGEST OF BEETLES AND ARE AMAZINGLY STRONG.THEY ARE RATED AS THE WORLD'S MOST STRONGEST CREATURE FOR THEIR CAPABILITY OF LIFTING 850 TIMES THEIR OWN WEIGHT. THIS MEANS IF AN AVERAGE HUMAN BEING BEING HAD THE STRENGTH OF THE RHINOCEROS BEETLE,HE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIFT A 65 TON OBJECT!

            

WORLD'S FASTEST BIRD

PEREGRINE FALCON
          
        THE PEREGRINE FALCON IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST BIRD.IT CAN SPOT A PIGEON FROM A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 5 MILES UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS.THEY CAN HUNT MID -FLIGHT AND IN A DIVE TOWARDS THEIR PREY,THEY CAN REACH SPEEDS OF UPTO 320 kmph.THESE BIRDS ARE ALSO DISTINGUISHED FOR THEIR MIGRATORY SKILLS FOR TRAVELLING OVER 25000 KILOMETERS IN A YEAR!