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Polysaccharides
A look at the structural polysaccharides; cellulose and chitin and the storage polysaccharides; glycogen and starch.
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Spiders: Our Eight Legged Friends
No home is complete without a few of these hanging around. Learn how spiders got their scientific name, and why they are not really insects.
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The Fungus Among Us!! Those critters with guts.
See the world of fungi by clicking above.
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SkinTheWonderwrap-13
Arthropods like insects have a remarkable wrapping around their bodies. Read about their exoskeleton….
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What Is a Carbohydrate?
Carbs, also known as saccharides, are organic molecules that are used as energy sources, structural molecules and as components of other biological molecules.
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Creature From The Distant Past- The Dragonfly
Dragonflies were one of the earliest insect forms to appear on earth. In the prehistoric jungles of 300 some million years ago, when trees were towering giants, dragonflies as big as hawks soared through the air!
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Fungal skins,
Which is the biggest living organism in the world? Whale? Banyan tree? Red wood tree? Macrocystis? No!!!. It's a fungus called…..get to know about fungi and their skins.
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Muscles of expressions
Muscles move parts of body or whole animal body and some of them help in communication and expression. Read more about such muscles..
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