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26 05, 2017

Duck-billed platypus – Biology and Evolution

By |2017-05-26T16:14:18-07:00May 26th, 2017|Biology|Comments Off on Duck-billed platypus – Biology and Evolution

Duck-billed platypus swimming Probably the very first mammals that evolved from reptiles about 200 million years ago were small animals covered with fur that still laid eggs like reptiles, but [...]

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25 05, 2017

Why do mosquitoes bite? Biology

By |2018-04-15T17:18:17-07:00May 25th, 2017|Biology|Comments Off on Why do mosquitoes bite? Biology

Mosquitoes bite people: A mosquito on human skin Like bees, mosquitoes evolved from earlier flies and dragonflies about 200 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. Mosquitoes have six legs like [...]

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