The guanaco of South America, a cousin of the camel, has pads on its feet to keep its feet from burning on desert sand or freezing in mountain snow.
The fiddler crab can grow a new claw when it loses one of its own.
Blue jays often forget where they hide winter supplies of food.
The largest bird egg ever laid was laid millions of years ago by the Madagascar, or the elephant bird.
Today, the ostrich is the bird that lays the largest eggs.
Scallops swim with jet-propelled speed by clapping its shell open and shut.
Some ducks and geese can fly as much as 332 miles a day!
The lung fish can live out of water for as long as four years!
The Egyptian vulture uses stones to smash ostrich eggs.
Birds save energy by flying in a "V" formation.
Theodore Roosevelt was the U.S. President with the most pets, including a lion, hyena, wildcat, five bears, and many more!
Killer Whales are the only sea animal that outranks the Tiger Shark as top predator of the sea.
Submitted by Amanda
Salamanders breath through their skin.
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People used to think the Manatee was a mermaid.
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Some fish have eyes that are the same size as their stomach!
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A female seahorse lets her husband store her babies inside his stomach!
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Out of every 1,000 Mosquitos, one female carries a disease that could be fatal to humans.
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There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee.You don't see all of them because most are too fine and light to be noticed.
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The bee frog of Africa is no bigger than a bee.
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An okapi's tongue can grow to be 17 inches long.
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