Three fun facts
Did you know that crocodiles can’t stick out their tongues?
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur!
The average cat sleeps for about 12-16 hours a day.
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood!
Honey never spoils – archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
Koalas’ fingerprints are so similar to humans’ that they have been mistaken as crime scene evidence.
A starfish can regenerate its entire body from just one of its arms.
Some fish can change their sex multiple times throughout their lifetime.
The fingerprints of a koala are indistinguishable from those of humans.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
Dolphins can recognize themselves in mirrors, just like humans.
It takes a sloth two weeks to digest a single leaf.
The average person will walk the equivalent of four times around the world in their lifetime.
Elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump.
The largest living organism on Earth is a fungus in Oregon that covers over 2,200 acres.
The king cobra can kill an elephant with a single bite.
The oldest known living tree is over 4,800 years old.
Termites are more closely related to cockroaches than ants.
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
Three fun facts part 2
A hummingbird’s heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.
The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, reaches a depth of 36,070 feet.
A cockroach can live up to a week without its head.
The world’s smallest reptile is the Brookesia micra chameleon, which can fit on the tip of a pencil eraser.
The giant squid has the largest eyes of any animal, measuring up to 10 inches in diameter.
The world’s largest beaver dam stretches over half a mile long.
The male seahorse carries the eggs and gives birth to the babies.
The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting for red traffic lights to turn green.
Squirrels plant thousands of new trees each year by forgetting where they buried their acorns.
The world’s loudest animal is the blue whale, whose call can reach 188 decibels.
The average human has about 100,000 hairs on their head.
It would take over 1 million mosquitoes to drain the average human of all their blood.
The world record for the most socks put on one foot in one minute is 48.
Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans – seven.
The average person will spend around six months of their life waiting in line.
A blue whale’s tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.
A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto.
Cats have five toes on their front paws and four toes on their back paws.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig, as they are social animals and need company.
The average person will spend about two years of their life brushing their teeth.
Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater.
Cows have best friends and become stressed when separated from them.
The world’s largest waterfall by volume is Angel Falls in Venezuela, which drops water from a height of 3,212 feet.
The average person will spend around 25 years asleep in their lifetime.
The world record for the most ice cream scoops balanced on one cone is 121.
