Me and my twisted flying twin
March 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Humans are known to have atleast seven similar faces in the world. Personally I haven’t seen an evidence for that but yes I have come across many super identical twins and I am sure so have you. But have you ever noticed animals and their twins. Probably not because most of the mammals actually give birth to more than one baby and then as they grow, most look more or less the same. However here is one very interesting aspect of the similar faces in two different animals that somehow share same family traits , look identical but are yet different . Doesn’t make sense? Check out down here.
Mice and Bat
Both thee mammals bear no resemblance in their family line however look pretty same as you may notice here. While mice are small and swift land creatures that bite off your goodies and empty your food stores, bats are flying mammals that cling onto the roofs and trees and will never invade your boundaries. But even with their dissimilar characteristics, bats appear to be winged twins of mice. These mice looking bats with their eras especially matching that of a mice are also known as mouse eared bats.
Squirrels and Flying squirrels
These belong to the same family of rodents but different tribe of squirrels. The flying squirrels are not capable of having sustained flights, instead they glide between trees upto 90 meters. Their wings are actually a furry parachute-like membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle.
Lizards and Flying lizard
Lizards are reptiles that spend their lives crawling on earth and trees. However the flying lizard is a type of gliding agamid lizard from Southeast Asia that has scaly membrane between the forelegs and hindlegs that enable it to glide from one tree to another to as far as 60m. What is interesting is that it only comes to ground when a female is ready to lay her eggs. It places the eggs in a small hole dug by burying its head into the soil, guards them for 24 hours and then leaves them to never return back again.
Fish and Flying fish
We all know about the fishes and their marine lives but the flying fish has a life above the waters as well. Not that they can soar high and fly distances but these species of oceanic fishes of the family Exocoetidae carry special pectoral fins that help them to glide above the water quite near to the surface though , covering atleast 400m of distance.
Elephant and Dumbo
Well here we just went out a little ahead of reality to the animated world of Walt Disney and their film Dumbo. This twisted twin Dumbo, is an elephant known for his large ears which he uses as wings to fly.
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