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Where is tortoise and turtle


Where is meerkat and mongoose



Where is boa and python



Where is tasmanian devil and honey badger


Oil palm tree and raffia palm tree


Lovely thread ... I love Ecological facts as these

I like the designs on the Moth. I like how it has circular dark ring design then the back has the most obvious of the circle dark design, and the background color match so well. The full circles sealed the design, especially the bigger ones. Though they are not exactly circular, varying and giving impressions of oval shape, even head shape and others are open to interpretation, i can say i see a desk , or a letter b. I am still sane

What about PORTABLE and SPEED DARLINGTON ?

Nature is so beautiful the wonde of god creation review his ability

Cheaters and leopards ...Tigers and lions ...wolves and dogs ... dolphins and Orcas

Darnleypedro22:
Curious to know why im been banned , this is not gore ///// Its getting tiring TBH

Honestly, it is frustrating. Tank God ur posts were not deleted.

As a lover of widelife, the two animals that I still cannot differentiate are Leopard and Jaguar. They look exactly the same, almost no difference.

Many thanks to the mods for moving this to the promise land.

If they keep this up , I could start posting some educational topics. The ones I posted many years ago didn't make it to front page. The thing just discourage me

This was one of those things I loved about nairaland then

Allahu Akbar

@OP What about 'eku' and 'asin'.. there is one rat-like rodent that Yorubas call asin that has poison. I hardly hear about that asin nowadays unlike 90s'.

God creation amazing. And they have layers upon layers of designs. Coral although appearing as plants, do not work internally as plants, but have found what it needs in its own habitat to survive like the plants.

TheSourcerer:
CORALS AND PLANTS

Similarities Between Corals and Plants
Corals and plants share a few traits that make them seem similar:

They stay in one place
Corals are sessile—they stay rooted in one spot on the sea floor, much like how plants stay anchored in soil.

They appear flower-like
Corals grow in branching, colorful formations that resemble plants or blossoms, especially when viewed from above.

They both rely on sunlight (in different ways)
Corals depend on light, but not directly. Instead, they host tiny algae (called zooxanthellae) inside their bodies. These algae use sunlight to make food, and the coral benefits from the nutrients.
Plants, on the other hand, make their own food directly from sunlight through photosynthesis.

They play a key role in ecosystems
Both corals and plants serve as foundational life forms in their habitats. Corals build reefs that shelter marine life; plants provide food and shelter on land.

❌ Differences Between Corals and Plants
Despite the surface similarities, corals and plants are fundamentally different in biology, structure, and behavior:

Kingdom classification
Corals are animals—they belong to the kingdom Animalia. Plants belong to a completely separate kingdom, Plantae.

Body structure
Each coral is made up of tiny creatures called polyps, which have mouths, tentacles, and digestive systems—all features of animals. Plants don’t have any of these. They are made of cells with rigid walls and contain chloroplasts for photosynthesis.

Feeding methods
Corals don’t make their own food. They catch tiny plankton using their stinging tentacles, much like jellyfish.
Plants, in contrast, use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce their own food via photosynthesis.

Symbiotic relationships
Corals survive thanks to a close relationship with zooxanthellae, which live inside them. These algae photosynthesize and share their nutrients with the coral, while the coral provides them with shelter and waste that helps fuel the algae’s process.
Plants don’t need to host algae to survive; they perform photosynthesis on their own.

Cell structure
Coral cells are soft and flexible, like all animal cells, and they lack chloroplasts. Plant cells are rigid, with defined cell walls and chloroplasts that make photosynthesis possible.

Reproduction
Corals reproduce like animals. They may release eggs and sperm into the water, or bud off new polyps asexually.
Plants reproduce through seeds, spores, or flowering, and have entirely different reproductive organs and strategies.

Defense mechanisms
Corals can sting and trap prey using specialized cells called cnidocytes, the same kind jellyfish use.
Plants, by contrast, generally can’t move or actively catch prey. Some use passive defenses like thorns or toxins, but they don’t have active hunting or defense behavior.

Pigeon 🐦 and dove 🕊️

It's people that gave them those names, only nature knows what her intentions was,those animals are cousins and there's nothing anyone can tell me.

Armadillos and Pangolins

What gorillas and chimpanzees.

Monkeys and baboons

Where are Hare and Rabbit?

Crows and Ravens

Kurubu and Tinubu

I was expecting to see Dogs and coyotes, wolves, jackals.
Deers and antelopes, greater kudus

Buffaloes and Bison

Quite educative and interesting

Cheater and Leopard

Apart from the crocodile - alligator, octopus - squid illustrations. The rest I really did not know there was a difference. I learnt something today. Beautiful thread. 💯

Women and snake

And you failed to mention the most striking of them all.

Leopard and Jaguar