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ELECTRICITY
THE MIGHTY Lil
Roe uaa
Electricity Our Universe
CS. Karve Rs. 6.00 RP. Vachha Rs. 7.00
Electricity in Use ‘The Mighty Little Atom
(eveloped by internaleditor) Rs.6.00 ; Dr. AP. Thatte Rs, 6.00
‘Man in Space We and the Atom
HP. Mama Rs. 7.00 Dr. AP. Thatte Rs. 6.00
Fun with Magnets
M. Mohan Rs. 4.00
‘The Pull of the Earth
(Developed by internal editor) Rs. 4.50
Sound
M, Mohan Rs. 4.50
Wheels
M, Mohan Rs. 4.50
Water Around Us
M. Mohan Rs. 4.50
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ELEPHANTS AT ONE TIME HAD
SMALL TRUNKS.ONE DAY A BABY
ELEPHANT WAG WALKING NEAR
A SWAMP...
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WHAT THEY
+s AND HE SAW A CROCODILE
COMING OUT OF THE RIVER.
THESE ANIMALS
SPEND ALL THEIR:
TIME IN THELET HIM
60;40U BIG
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FROM THE CROCODILE.
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COULD BE VERY TODAY HAVE LONG TRUNKS. AND THEIR
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AT YOU WITH ITS
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WEB AT CLOSE RANGE?
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INSECT. ITS BODY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS — HEAD AND ABDOMEN.
AN INSECTS BODY
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THREE PARTS AND
THEY HAVE SIX
LEGS.
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AN INSECT
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EIGHT EVES, /TS EYES/GHT THIS 4OLING
75 POOR AND /7 HAS
NETHER EARS NOR NOSE. WEB. HE DROPS
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ALL THE THREE
THREADS TIGHT
WITH A FOURTH ONE.
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CRIGS- CROSS
SUDDENLY, HE
LEAVES THE
CENTRAL SPIRAL,
GOES TO THE
QUTSIDE AND
STARTS BUILDING
ANOTHER
SPIRAL FROM THE
OUTSIDE, TOWARDS
THE CENTRE OF
THE WEB.
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VERY STICKY.
OF THREADS ..
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STICKY SPIRAL WHICH
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CENTRE, HE CUTS 17
OFF AND REPLACES
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[7 ALSO TURNS THE SUCK OUT THE LIQUIO. SPIDERS CAN'T
INNER PARTS OF THE CHEW OR SWALLOW SOLID FOOD.
INSECT INTO A LIQUID.
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THE OWNER OF TH/S
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OF EQUAL SIZE,BUT
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SPIDERS. ALMOST ALL OF THEM SPIN WEBS (THOUGH THE PATTERNS ARE DIFFERENT).
SOME SPECIES HAVE FEWER EYES.
THE NEPHILA
IT 18 A LARGE SPECIES OF GARDEN
SPIDER FOUND IN SOUTHEAST
MAY BE AS MUCH AS 2-4METRES
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THAT THE LOCAL PEOPLE USE |
THE LARGEST SPIDER.IT
[718 SMALLER IN SIZE HAG A LEG SPAN OF
THAN THE GARDEN R
SPIDER. IT SPINS AN
IRREGULAR WEB.
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