- Rats breed so quickly that in just 18 months, 2 rats could have created over 1 million relatives.
- The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometres away.
- Horses and cows sleep while standing up.
- Giant Arctic jellyfish have tentacles that can reach over 36 metres in length.
- Locusts have leg muscles that are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
- Hummingbirds are so agile and have such good control that they can fly backwards.
- Instead of bones, sharks have a skeleton made from cartilage.
- Insects such as bees, mosquitoes and cicadas make noise by rapidly moving their wings.
- The horn of a rhinoceros is made from compacted hair rather than bone or another substance.
- Sharks lay the biggest eggs in the world.
- Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids.
- Unlike humans, sheep have four stomachs, each one helps them digest the food they eat.
- Despite the white, fluffy appearance of Polar Bears fur (which is transparent), it actually has black skin.
- As well as being a famous Looney Tunes character, the Tasmanian Devil is a real animal that is only found in the wild in Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world.
- The average housefly only lives for 2 or 3 weeks.
- Mosquitoes can be annoying insects but did you know that it’s only the female mosquito that actually bites humans.
- Cats use their whiskers to check whether a space is too small for them to fit through or not.
