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Friday, June 27, 2008

some facts about animals

1.Did you know there are two kinds of pandas? There is the Long-tailed Himalayan carnivore that looks like a raccoon and there is the Giant panda bear that lives in Western China.

2.The Blue Whale's whistle is the loudest noise made by an animal.

3.Did you know there are two kinds of camels? One is the Arabian that lives in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It has one hump. And the second kind is called Bactrian which has two humps and lives in Mongolia and Chinese Turkistan.
4.There are two kinds of elephants: the African that is taller and has larger ears and the Indian that is small and has smaller ears.

5.The fastest human swimmer can swim at 6 miles per hour. The fastest mammal - the dolphin - can swim up to 35 miles per hour.
6.The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz.
7.The bird that can fly the fastest is called a White It can fly up to 95 miles per hour.
8. Did you know fishes talk to each other? Some of them communicate by making noises in their throats by rasping their teeth, others use their swim bladders to make sounds.
9.A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew.Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.

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