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ANIMALIA

We divided animalias/animals into marine life, reptiles, mammals, birds, and insects, hope you enjoy it. Cool Stuff To Remember. First we'll tell about fast wet slippery spikey fish. One in 4 million lobsters are light blue. A blue whale's heart only beats 9 times every minute. A blue whale can produce the loudest sound of all animals. Great white sharks can only live for 30-40 years. The tiniest fish in the world has been found in Asia. When full grown, it's the size of a mosquito. 1 last thing - dolphins sleep with their eyes open.

Now we'll tell you about slimy slippery (some are ugly) reptiles. First, how to tell alligators and crocodiles apart: Alligators have more of a U shaped snout, while crocodiles have more of a V shaped snout. There are 23 species of crocodilia. Reptiles are found on all continents excluding Antartica. There are about 6,800 reptile species on earth. A Basilisk (also known as the Jesus Christ lizard) is called this because it can run across water. A chameleon's tounge is twice the size of it's body.

Now we'll tell you about mammals, the top dogs around here. Dogs in the Iditarod burn about 10,000 calories in a day. Cats have about 100 vocalization sounds, while dogs have about 10. Rats can live longer without water then camels. When pandas are born they are smaller than a mouse and weigh 4 ounces. Capy Bara is the largest rodent in the world and weighs up to 170 pounds. Kangaroos can't walk, or hop, backwards.

Now listen to these sweet facts about birds. No, we aren't just going to say they can fly. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain, LOL. An ostrich's egg has to be boiled for 2 hours to be hard boiled. 120-130 species of birds have become extinct. An elephant bird of Madagascar, now extinct, laid an egg that weighed 27 pounds. Owls can not move their eyes, so instead they spin their head. They also have a third eyelid. 1/5 of a bird's body is air sacs. Falcons, Swifts, Doves, and Sandpipers can approach 200 MPH. What bird slirps down twice its body weight and eats every ten minutes? A Hummingbird. The Hooded Pitohui is the only known poisonous bird, found in New Guinea.

Interesting Facts that you can wish you'd remember: More people are killed by donkeys than airplanes. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. The poision Arrow Frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people. Bulls are color blind. When a Horned Toad is angry it squirts blood from it's eyes. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds. Zebras can't see the color orange. There's a frog called the Reed Frog that changes it's sex. EWW! A baby oyster is called a spat.

More Cool Stuff To Remember: Now to tell you about the freaky looking cool insects. 95% of all species of animals are insects, and get this sweet fact: the fastest known insect is the Dragon Fly that has been clocked at 58 kilometers an hour. And check this, some mosquitoes can beat their wings 600 times a second. BUT the midge fly holds the record, with a wing beat of 1046 times a second. Check it! There are between 10 million and 30 million species of insects in the world, of which only one million are known to science.

Now prepare to be amazed by AMPHIBIANS! EWWW!!! A gold frog can only reach 1 centimeter in length. Guess what? Most salamanders average between 5 and 20 centimeters in length. Msot frogs only average about 2-8 centimeters in length. Check this out: There are 6,200 living described species of amphibians.

How do animals affect us? Without animals we'd have less resources. For instance, without bees we'd have no honey. Animals provide us with fur. Mammals and cows provide us with meat and milk. Goats give us cheese. Silk worms provide us with silk for clothing.

The who's who list of species.

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