- Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.
- A group of Kangaroos is called a mob.
- A young Kangaroo is called a Joey.
- Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
- Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.
- The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird.
- It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g).
- A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).
- Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
- Polar bears are left handed.
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.
- Reindeer eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
- The coyote's scientific name (Canis Latrans) means 'barking dog'.
- Snakes can see through their eyelids.
- A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
- Woodpeckers don't get headaches from all that pecking.
- Their skulls have air pockets to cushion the brain.
- The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.
- Butterflies tast sensors are in their feet.
- They taste their food by standing on it.
- Katydids have ears in their front legs.
- The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle.
- It can lift 850 times its own weight.
- Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food.
- The flying frog uses flaps of skin between its toes to glide.
- The slowest mammal on earth is the tree sloth.
- It only moves at a speed of 6 feet (1.83 meters) per minute.
- The Chameleon's tongue is as long as its body.
- The Chameleon can focus its eyes seperately to watch two objects at once.
- The Kangaroo's ancestors lived in trees.
- Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.
- Flamingos eat with their heads upside down to strain the water out of their food.
- Many snakes never stop growing.
- That's one reason they must shed their skin.
- The Artic Tern flies from the North Pole to the South Pole and then back again to spend summer in each place.
- The black bulldog ant from Australia is the most dangerous ant in the world.
- It stings and bites at the same time and has killed humans.
- A hippopotamus can stay under water for up to 30 minutes.
- The Basenji is the only dog which does not bark.
- Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.
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