Few Weird and Amazing Animal Facts

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  • Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.

  • A group of Kangaroos is called a mob.

  • A young Kangaroo is called a Joey.

  • Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

  • Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.

  • The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird.

  • It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g).

  • A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).

  • Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

  • Polar bears are left handed.

  • A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

  • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

  • Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.

  • Reindeer eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.

  • The coyote's scientific name (Canis Latrans) means 'barking dog'.

  • Snakes can see through their eyelids.

  • A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.

  • Woodpeckers don't get headaches from all that pecking.

  • Their skulls have air pockets to cushion the brain.

  • The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.

  • Butterflies tast sensors are in their feet.

  • They taste their food by standing on it.

  • Katydids have ears in their front legs.

  • The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle.

  • It can lift 850 times its own weight.

  • Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food.

  • The flying frog uses flaps of skin between its toes to glide.

  • The slowest mammal on earth is the tree sloth.

  • It only moves at a speed of 6 feet (1.83 meters) per minute.

  • The Chameleon's tongue is as long as its body.

  • The Chameleon can focus its eyes seperately to watch two objects at once.

  • The Kangaroo's ancestors lived in trees.

  • Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.

  • Flamingos eat with their heads upside down to strain the water out of their food.

  • Many snakes never stop growing.

  • That's one reason they must shed their skin.

  • The Artic Tern flies from the North Pole to the South Pole and then back again to spend summer in each place.

  • 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.

  • A hippopotamus can stay under water for up to 30 minutes.

  • The Basenji is the only dog which does not bark.

  • Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.

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