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Kangaroos can Jump up to a Height of more than 10 ft.

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Kangaroos can jump up to a height of more than 10 ft. The size of a newborn kangaroo is just 2.5 cm on an average. Kangaroo’s meat does not contain cholesterol.

Ostrich’s Chicks grow about 1.5 m in their First Year

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Ostrich’s Chicks grow about 1.5 m in their First Year.

Spiders are able to produce Anaesthetics, Glue proof Oil and Silk

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Spiders are able to produce anaesthetics, glue, glue-proof oil and silk within their bodies.

An Elephant cannot Run, Leap or Jump

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An elephant cannot run, leap or jump under any conditions because, it does not have a bone-muscle tendon combination which is necessary to do all this.

Woodpecker has Capability of Striking Trees with its Beak

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Woodpecker has a capability of striking trees with its beaks for 20 times in just a second.

Termite Queen

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A termite queen can produce over 30,000 eggs in a day.

Bald Eagle

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Bald eagle, the national bird of USA, can make its nest measuring 2.9 m wide and 6 m deep.

Ostrich’s Legs, One Kick Can Kill a Man

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Ostrich’s legs are so powerful that one kick can kill a man. It is the only bird, having two toes and can grow to a height of 2.5 m.

Green Tiger

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For its size, a green tiger beetle runs ten times as fast as a human. It is only 12 to 15 mm long, and can run about 60 to 70 cm/sec. It sprints 100 m in one second.

Smallest Mammal

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Savi’s pygmy shrew weighs less than 3gm, and is the smallest mammal.

Heaviest Flying Bird

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Weighing up to 20 kg, kori bustard is the heaviest flying bird.

Lemmings are Rat-like Animals

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Lemmings are rat-like animals which live in cold northern countries. They build their nests under the snow in winter. They are very fast breeders and the female can conceive in 14 days and can produce as many as 12 young ones every month. It is also believed that they kill themselves by jumping off.

Otter, an Aquatic Fish-Eating Mammal

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Otter is an aquatic fish-eating mammal. They cause no splash when they plunge into the water.

Lily Trotter

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Jacana or lily trotter is a bird, which has amazingly long toes that spreads the bird’s weight over a large area and allow it to walk on floating lily pods as in hunts for food, such as insects and seeds. They live in parts of North and South America, Africa, and Asia.

7 Million Earthworms in Every Hectare of Topsoil

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There are over 7 million earthworms in every hectare of topsoil. In which, there is, at least some plant material for them to eat.

Insects Blood in Colour

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Insects too have blood, but it may be blue, yellow or green in colour.

Grasshoppers Make Noise

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Grasshoppers make noise by rubbing their rear legs together, and their legs are able to walk on their own, even when detached from the head and body.

Deepest Living Fish

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The deepest living fish ever discovered was a flat fish, found almost 12,000 m down in the Pacific Ocean.

Most Poisonous Fish

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Stonefish is one of the most poisonous fish in the world, living on the sea bed, camouflaged or disguised as a harmless rock. If threatened, the stone fish raises its poisonous spines which are sharp enough to pierce the soles of shoes.

Gestation Period

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The average gestation period for an elephant is 660 days. For the mouse it is only 20 days.

Dwarf Gobies

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Dwarf gobies, as little as 9 mm long, are the smallest fishes and also the smallest vertebrates in the world.

Longest Reptiles are the Crocodiles

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The longest reptiles are the crocodiles of south-east Asia which can grow up to 5 m in length.

Stick Insects

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The stick insects which can grow up to 400 mm long are the longest insects.

Highly Developed Fins

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The highly developed fins of the gurnard fishes enable them to glide for shorter distances above the surface of water.

Albatross Bird

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The albatross bird can fly all day long without flapping its wings.