Incapable of it

Animals usually boast lot of skills which tend to fascinate us. But some of these skills are found in many species while in others they are absent. Species which are incapable of doing some things will be explained in this post.
There is a fascinating fact which states that in the entire animal kingdom only elephants are incapable of jumping which is totally false. It’s true that they are incapable of doing it but there are other animals on the list who lack this skill like rhinos,hippos, sloths, ants,centipedes,mites, porpoises and some species of whales etc. But, there is a debate which states the removal of rhinos and hippos from this category as when these pachyderms(thick-skinned animals) run, all of their four feet are in the air resembling a jump.

Crocodilians (crocodiles,alligators,caimans), aren’t capable of sticking out their tongue as it is attached to roof of their mouth. Truly, an odd one out among the reptiles as this feature separates them from other species. Also, along with chelonians (tortoises,turtles and terrapins) crocodilians are incapable of scaling (climbing) trees. Only the American alligator, African crocodile species, the Australian freshwater crocodile and the American crocodile remain the exceptions and frequently climb to scan their territory which comes handy to them while hunting for their prey.The large sized individuals scale and remain only on the lower branches while smaller ones scale to the top. Shockingly weird!. Never used to imagine them doing that.

When we hear or think about vomiting, we fell yucky,gross etc. In case of us, this happens when we are seriously ill or over eaten and in case of other animals , they use it for defense and also when sick. But, some animals have to consider themselves unlucky for not boasting those reflexes which cause vomiting as it helps for throwing out the undigested food making them incapable of throwing up(to vomit). Some rodents like squirrels,rats,hamsters lack that part for throwing up, so do rabbits and horses.

Anatomical features of pigs makes them incapable of looking up in the sky thus missing the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sky like moon, stars,clouds etc.

In case of primates, apes differentiate from monkeys in another way along with absence of tails. Apes(only chimps,orangutans and gibbons) can recognize themselves in front of mirror like us while monkeys are just incapable of it.

Originally published at http://abhirupkondekar.blogspot.com.