Most Weirdest and Amazing Animal Facts
Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.
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A group of Kangaroos is called a mob.
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A young Kangaroo is called a Joey.
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Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.
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The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird. It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g).
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A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).
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Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump.
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Polar bears are left handed.
Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.
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A group of Kangaroos is called a mob.
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A young Kangaroo is called a Joey.
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Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.
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The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird. It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g).
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A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).
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Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump.
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Polar bears are left handed.
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A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.
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Reindeer eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
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The coyote’s scientific name (Canis Latrans) means barking dog.
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Snakes can see through their eyelids.
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A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
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Woodpeckers don’t get headaches from all that pecking. Their skulls have air pockets to cushion the brain.
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The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.
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Butterflies tast sensors are in their feet. They taste their food by standing on it.
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Katydids have ears in their front legs.
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The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle. It can lift 850 times its own weight.
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Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food.
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The flying frog uses flaps of skin between its toes to glide.
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The slowest mammal on earth is the tree sloth. It only moves at a speed of 6 feet (1.83 meters) per minute.
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The Chameleon’s tongue is as long as its body.
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The Chameleon can focus its eyes separately to watch two objects at once.
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The Kangaroo’s ancestors lived in trees.
Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.
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Flamingos eat with their heads upside down to strain the water out of their food.
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Many snakes never stop growing. That’s one reason they must shed their skin.
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The Artic Tern flies from the North Pole to the South Pole and then back again to spend summer in each place.
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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.
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A hippopotamus can stay under water for up to 30 minutes.
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The Basenji is the only dog which does not bark.
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Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.
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The Sun Bear has the longest tongue of all bear species – 20-25 centimetres (8 to 10 inches) long.
- If the Sun Bear is grabbed or bitten around its head, it can turn round inside the wrinkly skin on its head and bite the predator
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