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Sep 6, 2022 · Bursting with fascinating, fun-tastic facts, this treasure trove of all things animals leaves no habitat unexplored or unusual animal ability unmentioned! Ever wonder how smart a chicken is? Why a tiny island is home to thousands of venomous snakes? What sound a rhino makes when it’s happy?
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Sep 6, 2022 · Gr 3–6—Each of the 5,000 facts shared in this book is awesome, just as advertised in the title. The coverage is extensive, including wildlife of every kind, addressing habitat, diet, reproduction, physical features, and much more.
- 9781.4B
- Disney Publishing Group
- 09/06/2022
- 5,000 Awesome Facts , #4
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Sep 6, 2022 · Bursting with fascinating, fun-tastic facts, this treasure trove of all things animals leaves no habitat unexplored or unusual animal ability unmentioned! Ever wonder how smart a chicken is? Why a tiny island is home to thousands of venomous snakes? What sound a rhino makes when it’s happy?
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- National Geographic
- Dolphins Use Toxic Pufferfish to ‘Get High’.
- Koalas Can Sleep For Up to 22 Hours A Day.
- The Giant Pacific Octopus Has 3 Hearts, 9 Brains and Blue Blood.
- A Flea Can Jump Distances 200 Times Their Body length.
- There Is An Average of 50,000 Spiders Per Acre in Green areas.
- The Aptly Named Colossal Squids Eyes Are as Large as A Basketball.
- Grey-headed Albatross Can Circle The Globe in only 46 days.
- An Ostrich Legs Are So Powerful That Their Kicks Can Kill A Lion.
- Polar Bears Have Jet Black Skin Under Their White Fur Coats.
- Giant Anteaters Consume Up to 35,000 Ants and Termites in A Single Day.
Dolphinsdeliberately handle pufferfish causing them to release toxins as a defence mechanism. These toxins can be deadly in high doses, but also have a narcotic effect – and are a powerful hallucinogenic, which dolphins appear to enjoy. A documentary witnessed them passing around puff...
Koalaneed more sleep than most animals, because their diet of eucalyptus leaves contain toxins, are very low in nutrition, and high in fibrous matter – so they take a large amount of energy to digest!
They are also able to change their colour and texture to camouflage themselves in a blink of an eye.
They are able to jump 10 inches (25cm) vertically and up to 18 inches (45 cm) horizontally, making them one of the planets best jumpers relative to its size. It’s equal to a human jumping as high as the Empire State Building in New York.
There’s over 45,000 known spider species, with the venom of a few only known to be dangerous to humans.
This allows the colossal squid to detect the faint light of a predator from over 400 feet (120 metres). 14
The incredible round-the-world journey covers 14,000 miles over the 46 day period at a steady 13mph. The grey-headed albatross perform this feat by making various pit-stops along the way. 16
Or a human! Each two-toed foot has a long, sharp claw – making them formidable weapons. Animals often end up running away from the ostrich.
It helps them absorb heat to keep warm, while the white fur helps provides camouflage in the snowy and icy environment they live.
They use their long sticky tongues to slurp up hundreds of ants per minute. Interestingly, anteaters purposefully never destroy an ant nest, preferring to leave some ants alive to rebuild, so it can return and feed again in the future.
Jul 27, 2023 · Animals can evoke a sense of both the familiar and the otherworldly. As children, many of us read books featuring cute anthropomorphic cats, dogs, rabbits, bears, birds and other furry or feathered friends living through relatable circumstances.
Apr 4, 2023 · Great photography. Check Amazon. When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness. Concerned with animal consciousness. Philosophical themes. For more advanced readers. Check Amazon. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us. Written by Pulizter Prize-winner Ed Yong.
Dec 4, 2019 · 1. The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts. This is the book that launched my kid’s love of non-fiction. Small in size, it packs a humungous punch on the fascinating facts front. Such as the fact that the penguin poo in Antartica can be seen from space. And that there are one million ants for every person on earth.
