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Do You Know These 6 Unique Creatures in Google’s Earth Day Doodle?

Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.

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On the occasion of Earth Day, Google is making sure we sit up and notice six incredible organisms which live with us, through an animated customised doodle voyage around the planet. Let’s look at these six stunning creatures that feature on the slideshow.

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Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.
Wandering Albatross.
(Photo: Facebook)

1. Wandering Albatross: Wandering Albatross is the largest species of the genus Diomedea. This vulnerable giant feather bird has the longest wingspan of any existing bird.Its feather measures up to 11 feet, and it can fly up to 40 km per hour. Yet another amazing feature about this bird, is that it can live for over 50 years.

Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.
Coastal Redwood.
(Photo: Facebook)

2. Coastal Redwood: At a height of 300 feet, the Coastal Redwood is the tallest tree in the world. But what’s really surprising about it, is that its roots are intertwined and only extends up to 100 feet. Also, it has really cute and diminutive pine cones.

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Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.
Paedophryne Amauensis
(Photo: Facebook)

3. Paedophryne Amauensis: It is a species of frog from Papua New Guinea and is considered to be the smallest vertebrate with an average size of 7.7 millimeters, equal to the size of a housefly.

Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.
Amazon Water Lily.
(Photo: Facebook)

4. Amazon Water Lily: The giant Water Lily is one of the largest aquatic plants in the world and grows in shallow waters. The lily flower produced by the plant can grow up to a diameter of around 3 to 6 feet.

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Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.
Coelacanth.
(Photo: Facebook)

5. Coelacanth: Coelacanth was once known only from its fossils, until discovered off the South African coast in 1938. It has been around for 65 million years now. This fish has got a unique mode of locomotion with its four fleshy fins.

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Google has hit the right note again with its fascinating Earth Day doodle.
Deep Cave Springtail.
(Photo: Facebook)

6. Deep Cave Springtail: Springtails live inside deep caverns of the deepest caves. Their lengths vary from 0.008 to 0.4 inches and their bodies are covered with flattened hair-like features known as scales.

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Earth Day is always celebrated with the motto of promoting and understanding the importance to safe guard the environment from damage and destruction. It also aims to make more and more people aware of vital actions that need to taken, to protect the natural flora and fauna. Google appears to have hit the right note with its doodle this time, by showing us how much more we need to know about nature and its creatures.

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