Interesting Fun Facts

Did You Know?

A beaver can hold it's breath for 45 minutes.

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More people are injured by cats, dogs, and pigs each year than by Great White Sharks.

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A 70 pound octopus can squeeze through a hole no bigger than a silver dollar because it has no backbone.

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Orcas, also known as killer whales, are not whales but are the largest member of the dolphin family.

The biggest animal in the world is the blue whale. It has a heart the size of a car and tongue as long as an elephant.

The Blue Whales whistle is the loudest noise made by any animal.

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Penguins can jump almost 6 feet into the air.

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There are more sheep in New Zealand than people.

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An African ostrich egg weighs almost 30 pounds and is so strong a 200 pound man can stand on it without it breaking!

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When it is born, a kangaroo is only 1 inch long!

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The fastest mammal - the dolphin - can swim up to 35 miles per hour.

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The bird that can fly the fastest is called a Canvasback duck. It can fly up to 70 miles per hour. Birds can sleep with one eye open.

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A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew.

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A horse can nap standing up.

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No two zebras have identical stripes.

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Some frogs are tiny but the largest of them all, the Goliath frog, is the size of a baby deer!

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No animal has killed more people than the hippo.

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Some turtles and tortoises, including the Eastern box turtle, can live for more than a century.

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Averaging 10 to 12 feet in length, the king cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world. It is also the only known snake that builds a nest for egg incubation.

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