History of zoology, importance and important facts related to animals
What is zoology called
Zoology is the branch of biology that deals with animals and their life, body, development and classification. In simple language, zoology is read about changes in the life of animals, changes in their bodies, changes in the relationship between their groups and changes in behavior and ecology. Zoology is also increasingly divided into disciplines such as taxonomy, physiology, biochemistry and evolution.
Importance of Zoology:
The study of zoology is of great importance to man. Various types of animals live around humans. He sees them and gets them to work according to his need. In which many animals have proved to be very useful for humans. Many animals are the food of man. We get milk from animals. Some animals provide wool, from which valuable woolen clothes are prepared. Very useful things like silk, honey, lac etc. are obtained from animals only. Most of the fields are plowed by animals. Bullocks, horses, mules and donkeys etc. do the work of transport. Some animals are also enemies of human beings and they harm humans, destroy crops, cause pain and sometimes even kill them. Therefore, the study of zoology is important to us.
History of Zoology:
The study of animals has been going on since ancient times. The evidence of this is the ancient caves whose stone walls have animal figures still found today. The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote a book on animals 300 years before Christ. Galena was another Roman physician who in the second century described many of the characteristics of animals with great clarity. Many other writers of Greece and Rome have written books on natural science, in which animals are mentioned. Zoology was later forgotten for about a thousand years. In the 16th century, the attention of people was again attracted towards this science. At that time the teachers of medical schools got special attention towards it and they got engaged in its study. This science made special progress in the 17th and 18th centuries. After the invention of the microscope, its study became very widespread.
Science Branches of Zoology:
The scope of zoology has increased a lot today. Therefore we have been described here important branches related to the study of zoology:-
- Morphology
- Histology
- Cell biology
- Embryology
- Paleontology
- Pathology
- Taxonomy
- Genetics
- Evolution
- Ecology
- Ornithology
- Psychology
List of important facts related to the main branches of science and their study subjects Animal science (zoology):
| Important information about zoology | Key facts about |
| Largest Mammal | Blue whale |
| Largest Terrestrial Mammal | Elephant |
| Biggest Bone | Femur |
| The Biggest Snake | Python |
| Biggest Fish | Rhinodon Types |
| Largest Mollusk | Giant Skewed |
| Largest Cilantro | Cyanea, jellyfish |
| Biggest Egg | of ostrich |
| Largest living Reptile | Ter-till |
| Most venomous snake in the world | Peninsular tiger snake of australia |
| Tallest breast | Giraffe |
| The smallest bird | Humming bird |
| Toothless mammal | Anteater |
| Busiest part of the body | Liver |
| Body's heaviest gland | Liver |
| Strongest muscle | Jaw muscle |
| Calories required per day | 3900 kms calories |
| Calories needed per day for women | 2400 kms calories |
| The oldest primates | lemur |
| The oldest arthropod | Peripatus |
| Oldest breast | Ecdina |
| The oldest apes | Gibbon |
| Most venomous indian snake | King Cobra |
| Venomous lizard | Heloderma |
| Venomous fish | Stone fish |
| Egg laying mammal | Echidna, duck build platypus |
| largest museum in india | In Chennai |
| largest zoo in india | In Kolkata |
| largest aquarium in india | In Mumbai |
| largest zoo in the world | Kruger National Park (South Africa) |
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Zoology FAQs:
Paleontology branch of biology deals with extinct organisms. Paleontology is the branch of geology that deals with the remains of animals and plants from geological ages that are now found only in the rocks of the earth's crust.
The branch of zoology in which scientific study of animal behavior is done, its name is 'Ethology'. By studying the sensitive facts of animals through animal behavior science, the reactions seen in their behavior are understood.
Ostrich is the largest bird in the world. Its weight can be up to one and a half quintal. Its height can be up to three and a half meters. The spread of its wings can be up to two meters.
The blue whale produces the largest cub, which is about 24 feet in length and weighs four tons. The length of the hale is more than 100 feet.
The Indian gaoler snake (Python molurus) can locate its thermophilic prey even in the dark with the help of its heat sensors. Gawler snakes have specially developed heat sensors similar to those of sea snakes, which they use to sense the heat around them.