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5. Interesting facts about Animals and Birds

Koalas sleep up to 20 hours a day.

The clown fish has the ability to change its sex. If a breeding female dies, the male fish will change its sex and mate with another male.

Hippos can have skin 2.4 inches thick.

The puma and the leopard are the highest jumping mammals. They are able to reach a height of 16.5 feet.

Male owls weigh less and are smaller than female owls.

Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day.

A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds.

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet.


Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water forced out of the body by a siphon.

Some turtles can breathe through their butts.

Aptostichus barackobamai is a spider named after Barack Obama.

The bonobos, formerly known as pygmy chimpanzees, are exceptionally peaceful apes. They are an endangered species with only 30-50,000 left.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.


Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one hour.

The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.


Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old.


The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces.


Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time.



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