grows up.
2. A cheetah can run 76 kilometres per hour (46 miles per hour) - that's
really fast! The fastest human beings runs only about 30 kilometres per
hour (18 miles per hour).
3. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'!
4. The largest frog in the world is called Goliath frog. Frogs start their lives as
'eggs' often laid in or near fresh water. Frogs live on all continents except
Antarctica. Frogs belong to a group of animals called amphibians.
5. Bears whose brown fur is tipped with lighter-colored hairs are called
grizzly bears . The smallest species of bears is called sun or Malayan
bears. Male bears are called boars. Bears are native to the continents of
North America, Asia, Europe, and South America. Alaskan brown bears,
world's largest meat-eating animals that live on land, can weigh as much
as 1,700 pounds (771 kilograms)
6. There are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos. Kangaroos are
native of Australia. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. Young
kangaroos are called joeys.
7. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
8. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
9. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
10. A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
11. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
12.The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully
grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.
13. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
14.A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the
tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.
15.A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze
through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the
precise width of any passage.
16.A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or
when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to
soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.
17.No two zebras have stripes that are exactly alike.
18.The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz.
19.Insects do not make noises with their voices!
The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by
rapidly moving their wings.
20.The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are:
The rabbit and the parrot.
21.A snail can sleep for 3 years!
22.A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
23.Ants don't sleep.
24.A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!
25.Butterflies tast sensors are in their feet. They taste their food by standing
on it.
26.Many snakes never stop growing. That's one reason they must shed their
skin.
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