Mammals
Mammals are warm blooded.
TRUE
Reptiles are warm blooded animals.
FALSE
Reptiles are cold-blooded animals and rely on their enviroment to control their body temperature.
Less than 20% of the ocean has been explored.
TRUE
At least 80% of the ocean has never even been mapped!
Insects have backbones.
FALSE
Insects do not have backbones like humans do!
A flamingo's head has to be upside down when eating.
TRUE
Flamingo has to use the bristles at the top of its beak to filter out the mud and water that gets sucked in along with its actual food.
Mammals don't have hair.
FALSE
All mammals have hair, even dolphins and whales!
Reptiles only lay eggs.
FALSE.
Some reptiles, like some species of snakes and lizards, have live births!
The great white shark is the largest species of shark.
FALSE
The largest species of shark is the whale shark!
Spider are considered insects.
FALSE
Spiders are not insects, they are arachnids!
Blue whales are the smallest whale species.
FALSE
In fact, blue whales are the largest whale species and can grow up to 79 feet long and weigh up to 330,000 pounds!
Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
TRUE
The Reticulated Python is the longest species of snake.
TRUE
Reticulated pythons can grown to be over 16 feet long! The Longest recorded python was 32 feet long!
There are 10 oceans in the world.
FALSE
There are 7 oceans! The Arctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, and Southern oceans.
Insects have 6 legs.
TRUE
Insects have 6 legs!
A cockroach's brain is in its body.
TRUE
Even if a cockroach loses its head, it will continue to walk and do its business, eventually dying from starvation because it does not have a mouth to eat!
Koalas sleep the longest of any mammals.
TRUE
Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day!
All reptiles smell with their noses.
FALSE
Some reptiles, like snakes and lizards, smell with their tongues!The ocean that borders California is the Atlantic Ocean.
FALSE
The Pacific Ocean borders California!
Insects hatch from eggs.
TRUE
Insects hatch from eggs and the babies are called larva.
African Elephants are the heaviest land mammal.
TRUE
.African Elephants can grow up to 17,600 pounds!
Cheetahs are the fastest land mammals.
TRUE
Cheetahs can run up to 70 miles per hour!All reptiles eat meat.
FALSE
Some reptiles eat only plants!
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
TRUE
The Pacific Ocean is 63 million square miles!
Insects have antenna.
TRUE
All insects have 2 antennae.
Polar bears live in Antarctica.
FALSE
Polar bears only live in the North Arctic!
Mammals are found on every continent in the world.
TRUE
Mammals are found on every continent and all of the oceans!
Reptiles can be found on Antarctica.
FALSE
Reptiles can be found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica!
Half of the world's wildlife can be found in the ocean.
FALSE
About 94% of the world's wildlife can be found in the oceans!
Bees can travel up to 60 miles per day.
TRUE
While searching for food, bees can travel up to 60 miles per day!Dogs have better eyesight than humans.
TRUE
On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful!
Dolphin and whale babies do not sleep the first month of their life.
TRUE
Dolphin and whale babies do not sleep the first month of their life, to avoid preditors because they are not able to fend for themselves at such a young age!
A crocodile can go up to half a year without eating.
TRUE
Because of this, crocodiles can survive temporary food shortages that might kill off or cause other animals to leave an area for food!
Coral creates its own sunscreen.
TRUE
Coral creates its own “sunscreen” by producing coral fluoresce that protects the algae found in coral!
There are at least 1.5 million different species of insects.
TRUE
There are about 91,000 different kinds of insects in the United States alone!
The largest mountain range in the world is found underwater.
TRUE
The largest mountain range is found underwater and is called the Mid-Oceanic Ridge that is around 40,390 miles long!
Grizzly bears are the largest mammal in North America.
FALSE
Male bison are the largest mammal in North America and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds!
Most reptiles can see colors.
TRUE
Most reptiles can see colors better than most mammals can!
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia can be seen from space.
TRUE
Not only can it be seen from space, the great barrier reef in Australia can be seen from the moon!
There are nearly as many species of ants as there are species of birds in the world.
TRUE
There are 8,800 species of ants and 9,000 species of birds in the world!
The leg bones of a bat are so thin that out of the 1,200 species of bats, only 2 can walk on ground.
TRUE
These are the Vampire bat and the Burrowing bat!