Rabbits and hares are mammals with long ears. Hares have longer ears and longer legs than rabbits. There are about 28 species of rabbit and about 30 species of hare. They have short tails, large eyes, strong teeth, and sensitive noses. Many hares turn white in the winter. Rabbits’ coats are the same color year-round. Hares and rabbits can be found on all continents, except Antarctica.
Rabbits live together in warrens. A female makes a warm and deep nest to keep the babies safe. Little rabbits are born blind and helpless and stay with their mother for about three weeks. Hares don’t build warrens. Their homes are shallow holes that they dig in the grass, under trees, or in brush heaps. Hares may have two to three babies each year. The newborns have open eyes and can hop within minutes.
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Watermelon is an annual herbaceous plant of the family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit is the largest berry. It can be spherical, oval, flattened or cylindrical. The rind is from white and yellow to dark green with a pattern in the form of bands and spots. Its flesh can be pink, red, white and yellow.
The native land of watermelon is South Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Cape Province, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-Western Province, North Cape). The cultural and wild watermelons originate from a common ancestor – perhaps Citrullus ecirrhosus, which grows in the Kalahari Desert and is an important source of water for Bushmen.
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The bass is valued all over the world as a source of food. There are hundreds of different species of bass. Many of them belong to the sea bass family, and others belong to the sunfish family.
Most fish have a spiky fin along their back. They vary in size from 15 centimeters to more than 2 meters. Giant sea bass may be more than 225 kilograms in weight.
The freshwater family includes the black basses, crappies, and sunfish. All have plump, oval bodies with rough scales with a comb like edge.
Black bass lives in the freshwater ponds, rivers, and lakes of North America and feeds on smaller fishes. Largemouth black bass has an upper jawbone that extends beyond the eyes.
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The oranges along with lemons, limes, grapefruit, and tangerines, are citrus fruits. The first citrus fruits probably grew in the tropical regions of Asia, especially in the islands of Southeast Asia. Today oranges are grown in India, Africa, the Mediterranean regions, the Americas and Australia.
The orange is a round fruit with a fragrant, leathery, oily peel and juicy flesh. It grows on beautiful trees that stay green throughout the year. Orange trees have glossy, green leaves and small white flowers. The branches often have small thorns. A tree bears fruit for 50 to 80 years or even longer.
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Condors are New World vultures that are among the largest of flying birds. There are only two species, the Andean condor and the critically endangered California condor. They have black or dark brown plumage with white patches on the underside of the wings. They have a sharply hooked beak.
The condor is a scavenger; it means that condor feeds mainly on carrion, preferring the carcasses of deer, cattle, or sheep. It will also attack and eat rodents, fish, and birds. Condors can soar for hours over the ground in search of prey, but are able to do without food for days.
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Most of the birds of the parrot family are known for their colorful feathers, noisy calls, and curved beaks. They are among the world’s most popular pet birds.
The tiniest parrot is the pygmy parrot, which is only 8 centimeters long. The largest member of the family is a type of macaw that can be as much as 100 centimeters long.
Their unusual feet help them climb trees and grasp their food. Parrots eat mainly seeds, nuts, and fruits.
Parrots are found in most tropical regions of the world, especially in rainforests. These birds can live for 30 to 50 years.
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The grape plant is a woody vine, which may reach a length of 17 meters or more. Grapes come in many colors – green, yellow, red, purple, or black. Leaves are large and rounded with tooth-shaped edges. Flowers are small and green and appear in clusters. There are about 60 different grape plants, as well as thousands of varieties.
Some grapes are eaten fresh while others are dried out to make raisins. But most are squeezed for their juice.
Grapes refers to the most ancient cultivated plants. Numerous archaeological finds indicate that grape growing and winemaking were known 7,000-5,000 years ago in the states of the ancient East – Egypt, Assyria, Babylon.
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