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  2. Peafowl - Wikipedia

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    Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens. The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally from the Indian subcontinent, and the green peafowl from Southeast Asia. The Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin, is not a true peafowl. Male peafowl are known for their piercing ...

  3. List of examples of convergent evolution - Wikipedia

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    Here is a list of examples in which unrelated proteins have similar functions with different structure. The convergent orientation of the catalytic triad in the active site of serine and cysteine proteases independently in over 20 enzyme superfamilies. [254] The use of an N-terminal threonine for proteolysis.

  4. Indian peafowl - Wikipedia

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    The Indian peafowl is known to live for up to 23 years in captivity. However, it is estimated to live for only about 15 years in the wild. [63] Large predators such as tiger, leopard, hyena, dhole, and golden jackal, can ambush an adult Indian peafowl. An adult peafowl is difficult to capture since it can usually escape these ground predators ...

  5. Shark - Wikipedia

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    Hexanchiformes: Examples from this group include the cow sharks and frilled sharks, which somewhat resembles a marine snake. Lamniformes: They are commonly known as the mackerel sharks. They include the goblin shark, basking shark, megamouth shark, the thresher sharks, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and great white shark.

  6. List of sharks - Wikipedia

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    The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 556 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...

  7. Peacock-pheasant - Wikipedia

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    In 2010 the IOC World Bird List listed the Hainan peacock-pheasant as a species. [6] Following Jean Théodore Delacour, this species has historically been listed as a subspecies of P. bicalcaratum. Prior to reclassification by Delacour, the Hainan peacock-pheasant has been considered a distinct species by several ornithologists.

  8. Glow-in-the-dark sharks: Scientists discover crazy new ... - AOL

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    Scientists have discovered a new, tiny species of self-illuminating sharks, according to a new Tulane University study. Glow-in-the-dark sharks: Scientists discover crazy new species in the Gulf ...

  9. Iridescent shark - Wikipedia

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    Iridescent sharks originate from the large rivers Chao Phraya and Mekong in Asia, though they have been introduced into other rivers for aquaculture. They are a freshwater fish that natively live in a tropical climate and prefer water with a 6.5–7.5 pH, a water hardness of 2.0–29 dGH, and a temperature range of 22–26 °C (72–79 °F). [7]