K
amal went with his family to a beach in a holiday resort. There was
an aquarium in front of a small store with some interesting sea-crea-
tures in it. Kamal went up to the aquarium and saw a seahorse swimming
around slowly inside.
"You're so small," said Kamal. "I thought seahorses were bigger."
"Yes," answered the seahorse. "Those who see us in books and on tele-
vision think we are much bigger than we are, which is actually between 2
and 12 inches (4 and 30 cm) long."
Kamal looked closer: "Your eyes can move in every direction, can't they?
And so you can know what's going on all around you."
"You're right," the seahorse agreed. "Allah created our heads at right
angles to our bodies. No other sea creatures have this characteristic. For
that reason, we swim with our bodies in a vertical position and we can only
move our heads up or down. Actually, if other creatures had this charac-
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