Sethi Classes

Addax nasomaculatus

or Addax antelope
or the white antelope
or the screwhorn antelope,

interesting adaptation : To cope with the unforgiving desert sun, the Addax sports a white coat in the summer which reflects sunlight, but in the winter the coat turns brownish-gray so as to better absorb heat.

Pachystachys Lutea

or the Lollipop Plant
or golden shrimp plant

Angiosperm, Eudicots
from Acanthaceae Family of the order Lamiales

an ornamental plant preferring acidic soil
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Hydra

Genus of small, fresh-water organisms.

Hydra are biologically immortal. There is evidence that Hydra do not senesce (do not age), and thus important to study senescence.

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Cnidaria
Class : Hydrozoa
Order : Anthoathecata
Family : Hydridae Dana
Genus : Hydra Linnaeus

THE PLATYPUS

An unlikely mix of duck, beaver, and otter, the male platypus also has poisonous stingers on his rear feet.

Special for many reasons

# The platypus is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus)

# The only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young

# Important in the study of evolutionary biology

# An endangered species