Fun Fact 1: There are around 40 types
of known cat breeds in the world. The world's most popular breed is the
Persian cat. The Persian has ranked been the most popular breed since
1871!
Fun Fact 2: The hearing senses of a dog are so superior that it can
detect the source of a sound in 1/600 of a second. It can also hear
sounds that are four times farther away than a human can hear
Fun Fact 3: Most frogs can jump approximately 10 times their own body
length, but some species can jump a distance up to twenty times the
length of their body, that's the equivalent of an adult human jumping
over 35 m or 115 feet!
Fun Fact 4: Hummingbirds can fly backwards! They are also the smallest
specie of bird; the Bee Humming Bird is approximately 5 - 6 cm (about 2
in) in length and weighs in at just 2 gms (about 0.5 oz)
Fun Fact 5: Pigs are clever animals; they rank 3rd on the intelligent
animals list after primates (monkeys, gorilla, gibbons etc) and Cetacean
mammals (whales and dolphins)
Fun Fact 6: It is estimated that Worldwide there are over 100 million
penguins! The smallest is the Little Blue Penguin, also known as the
Fairy Penguin, an adult can grow to approximately 40 cm tall (16 in)
and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb)
Fun Fact 7: The Mosquito is the most deadly of all the animals on Earth!
More deaths are connected with mosquitoes than any other animals on
earth, making it the most lethal predator to mankind. This gruesome bug
can carry an array of disease including malaria, yellow fever and
encephalitis, they use heat sensors to detect the warmth of blood, and
can pass on disease when they pierces the skin to drink blood. Experts
state that each year a million people die from Mosquito spread malaria
Fun Fact 8: Hamsters hoard (store) and carry food in their cheek
pouches. The origins of the name Hamster are old German, which translate
as "to hoard".
Fun Fact 9: There is such a creature as a Pink Dolphin! In fact there
are two species of pink dolphins; the Amazon River Dolphin from South
America (which can be pink or light gray) and the Chinese White Dolphin
from Southeast Asia (which can be pink or white). Their distinctive pink
color is caused by blood vessels being so close to their thin skins,
which also has slight pink pigmentation
Fun Fact 10: The Polar bear is the world's biggest bear! Males can grow
up to 11 feet long and weigh over 1500 lbs compared to a brown bear
which can reach the height of 6.5 feet and weigh 600lbs
Fun Fact 11: Statistically there is a greater risk of dying from bee
stings than from a shark attack
Fun Fact 12: The Basenji, a hunting dog originating from Africa, is the
only breed of dog that is regarded as bark-less! Instead it makes a
sound frequently referred to as a 'barroo'
Fun Fact 13: One the most famous of all extinct animals is the Dodo
bird. The Dodo bird was native to the island of Mauritius; they only
survived a total of 175 years after being discovered by explorers, their
extinction was due to the introduction of other animals, disease and
human exploitation on the island
Fun Fact 14: The most common creatures found in the Rainforest are
Insects. They live in every zone of a rainforest. There are also more
small animals than large and more vegetarians (planet eaters) than
carnivores (meat eaters)
Fun Fact 15: Animals are becoming endangered on our planet due to a
variety of causes; these include the destruction of their natural
habitat, for example the rainforest, water pollution, global warming,
over-exploitation (un-necessary hunting) disease and the introduction of
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