Animal facts
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Interesting Facts About Bats
There are nearly 1,000 species of bats in the world. Bats have been around a long time, since the age of dinosaurs. Bats are the only flying mammals. The bat's fingers are very long compared to its body. If we had fingers like a bat, they would be longer than our ...
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Interesting giraffe facts
Giraffes are the tallest animal on earth. The male giraffe is known to have a height of 4.8 to 5.5 meters (16 to 18 feet tall) and weighs up to 1300 kilograms . The average lifespan of a giraffe in the wild is 25 years. A giraffe eats about 140 ...
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interesting facts about monkeys
There are about 125 different species of monkeys. The proboscis monkey is named after its overwhelming, pendulous nose, which droops well over its mouth. The purpose of the monkey's large nose is unclear, though it has been suggested that it aids in regulating body temperature. Proboscis monkeys are ...
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Interesting facts about ladybugs
There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide. A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies. Ladybugs have short legs and antennae. Their distinctive spots and attractive colors are meant to make them unappealing to predators. Ladybugs hibernate for the winter.In winters, ladybugs do not eat and ...
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Interesting Facts About Crocodiles
There are 23 living species of crocodile. The sex of a crocodile is determined on the basis of its temperature. Males are produced at around 31.6 deg C and females, at slightly lower or higher temperature. Crocodiles reach sexual maturity between the ages of 8 to 12 years. Females lay ...
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interesting eagle facts
There are 59 species of eagles. An average adult bald eagle weighs about nine pounds and is about three feet in height. Eagles mate for life. The female may lay from one to three eggs and raises one brood (group) a year. The Bald Eagle is not bald it develops white ...
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Interesting Facts About Wolves
The average adult wolf is 127 to 164 cm long from nose to tail.An adults tail is 47 mm long.The heaviest wolf weighed in at 79kg (175lb). A pack of wolves can range from two members to around 20 wolves.Wolves prefer to hunt in packs to ensure that ...
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interesting dolphin facts
Dolphins cannot go into a full deep sleep, because then they would suffocate. Their streamlined bodies allow them to swim at speeds of 13 to 18 miles per hour, propelled only by small movements of their tails. Some kinds of dolphins can hold their breath for 30 minutes. The dolphin ...
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Interesting frog facts
Frogs lay up to 4,000 eggs at one time. Frogs absorb water through their skin so they don't need to drink. Frogs range in size from 1cm to 30cm long. Frogs hibernate in the wintertime. There are more than 4,000 types of amphibian in the world, but Europe ...
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Interesting facts about birds
The egg of the hummingbird is the world's smallest bird's egg; the egg of the ostrich, the world's largest. An ostrich egg needs to be boiled for 2 hours to get a hard-boiled egg. Penguins, ostriches, and dodo birds are all birds that do not fly. The only bird that ...
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Interesting snakes facts
By current classification, there are approximately 3,000 snake species on our planet. All snakes are deaf to air born sounds but they do pick up vibrations in their jawbones and on their scent molecules on their tongue. These molecules are connected to the Jacobson's Organ. The largest snakes in ...
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Interesting tiger facts
There were originally eight subspecies of tiger, the Javan, the Bali, the Caspian, the Indochinese, the Sumatran, the Bengal, the Siberian, and the South China tiger. The heaviest recorded tiger was a Siberian weighing in ...