Oct 4, 2009

Can we grow Lemons in our backyard ?

Before going into the methods of growing lemons in your backyard,learning about morphological information about the fruit is important.

Normally,Lemon Flowers are white on the outside with a violet streaked interior. On a lemon tree, flowers and ripe fruits can be found at the same time. Lemon fruit are ovoid with a pointed tip at the end. When ripe, they have a bright yellow skin with a paler yellow segmented interior.

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An overview of House Fly,the favorite prey of many reptiles

The house fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, is a well-known cosmopolitan pest of both farm and home.It is the most common species found on hog and poultry farms, horse stables and ranches. Not only are house flies a nuisance, but they can also transport disease-causing organisms.

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How many types of snakes are their and how can we protect ourselves from them ?

2700 kind of snakes .Poisonous(Cobras,Kraits,Viper and some sea snakes in Australia,eg of poisonous snakes : King Cobra of Asia,the black mamba,saw scaled viper and the taipan of Australia),non-poisonous(most snakes but recently herpetologist has decided that all snakes are more or less poisonous 270 of them are harmful to human),stout body(Gaboon viper,Africa),thin body(tree snake like vine snake,S.America),flattened body(sea snake),long snake(Anakonda(upto 9 m),Asian reticulate python(upto 9 m),King Kobra,short snake(Braminy blind snake - smallest snake in the world,only 15 cm).Snakes can be divided into the following types with respect to their eating habit :

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