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The animal with the longest tongue.
The giant anteater!
Giant anteaters have a tongue that is 2 feet long! They use their tongues to catch about 30 000 ants or termites every day.
The tallest mammal.
The giraffe!
The bird that sleeps on one leg.
The flamingo!
The only mammals that lays eggs.
(1) the duck-billed platypus
(2) the echidna (spiny anteater)
True or False: Skunks spray when they are happy.
False! Skunks usually spray to scare away their enemies. Their spray can reach an animal up to 3 metres away!
The animal with the biggest feet in the world.
The African bush elephant!
These elephants are also the heaviest creature that lives on land. Their feet are more than TWICE the length of an adult foot.
This creature burps when they are happy.
Gorillas?
The fastest cat on earth.
The cheetah!
Cheetahs can run faster than 60mph (almost 97 kilometres per hour!).
This animal makes sounds to help them fly at night
A bat!
The loudest mammal on earth.
The sperm whale!
Sperm whales have huge heads that help them broadcast clicks of up to 230 dB. The loudest sound ever recorded by NASA was the first stage of a rocket taking off - only 204 decibels loud!
True or False: Axolotls have teeth.
True! Axolotls do have teeth, but they don't use them for chewing like we do. Instead, teeth are used to grip food before swallowing.
This creature has the ability to grow back limbs when it loses them.
(1) a starfish
(2) an axolotl
An animal with fingerprints just like a human.
Koalas and primates (monkeys, apes, other humans).
True or False: Both male and female turkeys gobble.
False! Only male turkeys gobble. Female turkeys will cluck or yelp, but they also purr just like a cat!
This fish lays the biggest eggs of any animal.
The shark.
This animal has a bite powerful enough to crush a bowling ball.
The grizzly bear.
True or False: The killer whale is a type of shark.
False!
The killer whale (also know as an orca) is actually the largest type of dolphin!
True or False: Sperm whales sleep upright.
True! Sperm whales also sleep for only 15 minutes, spending 7 percent of their lives asleep. Humans sleep for 33% of their lives (About 1/3rd).
The dog with the strongest nose.
A bloodhound.
Bloodhounds have 300 million scent receptors, and are so good at following scents that they are trusted to provide evidence in court.
This animal grows new antlers every year.
A reindeer.
The smallest mammal in the world.
The bumblebee bat!
Bumblebee bats weigh the same as two skittles!
The animal that builds a house to impress a girl.
The satin bowerbird!
The hungriest animal in the world.
The Eurasian pygmy shrew!
They eat 125% of their body weight every single day, and still weigh only 3g (lighter than a piece of paper!).
The most effective animal hunter in the world.
Dragonflies!
Because of their huge eyes, muscly wings, and super fast reactions, dragonflies catch their prey (mosquitoes) 95% of the time - better than a cheetah, a porpoise, or even an eagle!
These insects drink alligator tears.
Butterflies and bees!
Caimans (reptile cousins of alligators) cry to keep their eyes from drying out when above the water. Butterflies and bees love this.