EARTH MATTERS

Interesting Facts

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Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.
Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of their feet. It helps them to get a grip on icy surfaces, and also acts as a heat insulator.
The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their head are the rabbit and parrot.
The last animal in the dictionary is the Zyzzyva, a tropical weevil.
Elephants have been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean.
The leg bones of a bat are so thin that they cannot walk.
Great White Sharks can go as long as three months without eating.
Goat eyes have rectangular pupils, which enable them to watch over their broad, flat grazing area for predators.
Dolphin's hearing is so acute that it can pick up an underwater sound from 15 miles away.
Kiwi birds are blind and hunt by smell.
Giraffes have no vocal cord and communicate by vibrating the air around their necks.
A female oyster may produce 100 million young ones over her lifetime.