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Animal
Fun Facts |
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Both the mother and father
ostriches sit on their eggs to keep them warm |
| The Grizzly, Mexican Brown Bear and
Kodiak bear are the same species. They are North American
subspecies of the Brown Bear |
| Armadillos live in burrows |
| Lions spend most of their day sleeping |
| Wild lions can be found in both Africa
and India |
| Tigers are found in Asia |
| Carnivore are animals that eat other
animals |
| Snow leopards live in the Himalayas
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| The komodo dragon is the largest
lizard of its kind, reaching up to 10 feet and 300 pounds |
| The diet of a Great White shark
consists of primarily marine mammals |
| The blue whale is the largest animal
that ever lived. It's tongue is the size of an elephent |
| The sperm whale is the deepest diving
mammal. It can go more than 3,000 feet below the surface |
| Dolphins and porpoises are small
whales |
| Whale shakes are the larges sharks in
the world |
| Whales are mammals, sharks are fish |
| Another name for a killer whale is the
orca |
| Frogs and salamanders are amphibians |
| A baby sea lion is called a pup |
| A group of whales is called a pod |
| The bullfrog can jump up to 6 feet |
| Baby crocodiles hatch from eggs |
| Hawks and owls are both known as
raptors |
| China is the only country where giant
pandas still live in the wild |
| A group of bears is called a sloth |
| A nine-banded armadillo is a unique
mammal that always gives birth to quadruplets, 4 identical twins |
| A cuttlefish has the ability to change
colors in an instant in order to blend with its background |
| The platypus is one of the few
egg-laying mammals |
| Male deer have antlers, which are used
to attract a female mate and for defense |
| The only female deer to have antlers
are reindeer |
| The falcon can dive through the air at
speeds of over 200 miles per hour! |
| The color of a lion helps it blend in
with the land around it |
| Jellyfish and earthworms are
invertebrates, which means they do not have a backbone |
| The octopus have 8 arms, while the
squid has 10 arms |
| The chameleon reptile can move on eye
while keeping the other eye still |
| A giant anteater can eat over 30,000
ants in one day |
| A rodent's teeth grow continuously
throughout its life |
| The mudskipper is a fish that can live
and breath on land |
| Sea lions eat fish |
| Opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and
bandicoots are all marsupials |
| Marsupials carry their babies in their
pouches |
| Bats are mammals |
| A herpetologist studies reptiles and
amphibians |
| A frugivore is an animal, such as a
chimpanzee or fruit bat, that feeds primarily on fruit |
| A herbivore is an animal that feeds
chiefly on plants |
