Interesting factsEnjoyfactslearners

Enjoy  facts learners

1)                                                        

Answer) B- Banyan tree

Reason) #BANYAN TREE

Possibly over a thousand years although the age of the Banyan Tree is difficult to determine due to the fact that the original trunk is usually hidden by years of arial or support root growth.

The Banyan Tree grows in India and adjacent countries. It prefers areas of high humidity and moist soils.

It can grow up to 100 feet. A single mature Banyan Tree will have many trunks and support roots which gives the appearance of a forest of separate trees. A single tree can spread to cover well over an acre (.5 hectares), the largest, in Sri Lanka, covers just over two acres (1 hectares).

2)

Answer) A- immortal jelly fish

Reason) Scientists have discovered a jellyfish which can live forever. Turritopsis dohrnii is now officially known as the only immortal creature. ... It turns out that once the adult form of the 4.5 mm-wide species Turritopsis dohrnii have reproduced, they don't die but transform themselves back into their juvenile polyp state.

3)

 Reason) There’s a fish that can live on land. Georgia officials want you to kill it immediately.

A northern snakehead fish was caught earlier this month in a Gwinnett County pond, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, and it’s the first time the species has been reported in Georgia waters, the agency said.

The department is now trying to figure out if the fish has spread from the pond as it looks to prevent the species from reaching other bodies of water in Georgia, Matt Thomas, chief of fisheries for the Wildlife Resources Division, said in a statement.

The long, thin fish that looks similar to a bowfin can be harmful to wildlife because it can out-compete, or later displace, other species in the water, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Should the species succeed in establishing more populations of predatory offspring, it could alter food webs and ecological systems that could leave a permanent change to other species in water bodies, according to U.S. Geological Survey.The sharp-tooth fish was first spotted in the wild in the United States in San Bernardino County’s Silverwood Lake in California in 1997, according to NISIC’s database. Northern snakeheads have been reported in 14 other states, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.

Invasive fish like the northern snakehead are often introduced through unauthorized release, according to Georgia wildlife authorities. In Georgia, it’s illegal to import, transport, sell, transfer and have any species of snakehead without a valid wildlife license.

Maryland had the first established population of the fish in 2002, and the state has the largest distribution of northern snakeheads, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The fish can now be found in every major tidal river of the Chesapeake Bay.