Polar bears have black skin, which helps them absorb the sun’s heat more efficiently in their icy habitat

Hedgehogs 🦔 are lactose 🥛 intolerant! In other words, they may have a stomach ache from drinking milk.


A tarantula spider can survive without food for more than 2 years.


Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.


A hamster’s teeth never stop growing.


The weight of a blue whale is equal to 30 elephants, and the length is 3 buses.


Did you know that a squirrel 🐿️ plants more trees than the average person in a lifetime? Squirrels hide acorns and nuts underground and then forget where exactly they hid them.

On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans


Octopi 🐙 have blue blood and 3 hearts.


A crocodile 🐊 cannot stick its tongue out.


Alligators can live up to 100 years.


There are poisonous butterflies in Africa.


Frogs do not drink water. They absorb water through their skin.


A shark can live for 6 weeks without eating.


Koalas have fingerprints that are nearly identical to human fingerprints.

Animals in Numbers

98%

Jellyfish evaporate in the sun, as they consist of 98% water.

12 eyes

Most Caterpillars have six very simple eyes on each side of the head (making 12 in all), although some species have five or seven on each side.

14 days

The lifespan of a fly is 14 days

1000 legs

Centipedes have many legs. The word centipede means “100 footed” which sounds like a lot, but there are also bugs called millipedes. Their name means “1000 footed”.

Can you guess which insect never sleeps? An ant. They also have two stomachs.

Cartoon drawing of a waving hedgehog

The kakapo parrot has a strong smell of honey and flowers that attracts predators. That is why it is in danger of extinction.

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