What animal has the fastest punch in the world?
Travelling at about 50 mph, when a Mantis shrimp punches, its little fist of fury is accelerating faster than a .22-caliber bullet.
There are 10,000 ants for every human on the planet. True or false?
False. There are a million ants for every human on the planet.
What colour is a polar bear's skin?
Black. Their fur is also transparent!
Dolphins call each other by name.
True
False
The rhinoceros has a warning call for humans. True or false.
False. But elephants do!
What animal has proven that it can live without water for ten years?
A tardigrade. It has even proven to survive in space!
Penguins mate for life with the same partner. They 'propose' to their mate with a fish, dance, or pebble?
A pebble (a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand).
A blue whale weighs as much as 3 elephants. True or false?
True. They can grow to be as long as three buses and weigh up to 190 tons.
What is the only mammal that can fly?
A bat
A honey bee flaps its wings at ________ times a second?
200
300
50
100
Who does the majority of the hunting in a pride of lions?
The females! Lionesses hunt around 90 percent of the time, while the males protect their pride.
A bat can eat more than 500 insects in an hour. True or false?
True. That is the insectivores. There are also bats which feed on nectar, fruit, even blood.
How many hearts does an octopus have?
4
6
3
12
What animal is capable of pulling over 1000 times it's own weight?
A dung beetle
Which bird can mimic any sound it hears?
A lyrebird. That's the truth!
A spider's silk is 5 times stronger than steel.
True
False
Which ferocious reptile has a translucent eyelid allowing them to see underwater?
A crocodile
What animal builds sandcastles?
A puffer fish
Which bear's fingerprints are so close to a human's that they could taint crime scenes?
A koala bear! The the distinctive loops and arches are so similar that police feared that criminal investigations may have been hampered by koala prints.
What bear sleeps wherever it happens to be when it gets tired?
A panda
A grizzly
A polar bear
A black bear
What sea dwelling animal is immortal?
A jellyfish can revert back to it's infant state after it has become sexually mature, therefore it never dies!