An eel is an aquatic animal belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage, and most are predators.
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All Things Animal : Butterflies
Butterflies are the adult flying stage of certain insects belonging to an order or group called Lepidoptera. Moths also belong to this group. The word "Lepidoptera" means "scaly wings" in Greek. This name perfectly suits the insects in this group because their wings are covered with thousands of ...
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All Things Animal : Seagulls
Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders.
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All Things Animal : Snakes
Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, and on most smaller land masses; exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, the Hawaiian archipelago, and the islands of New Zealand, and many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific oceans.
