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The fastest animal in the water is the needlefish, which can reach 68 mph.
Dentists would get rich with these guys!: mosquitoes have 47 teeth, the whale shark has more than 4500 and the catfish as 9280.
I bet you didn’t know that the hearts of hummingbirds and canaries beat up to 1000 times per minute (normal for a person is between 60-90). The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards, quite a pilot!
Owls can turn their head through 360 degrees, that is a complete circle. If you look around the Hotel Fuerte Grazalemayou might be lucky enough to see one.
Normal flies normally live between 10 and 14 days. If they are lucky, they will live a month. If they aren’t so lucky, they live 1 or 2 days. They also have 15,000 taste buds on their legs.
Ow, they bite a lot!: I am sure that mosquitoes never stop biting you in summertime. But you should know that only the females bite, because they use the blood as a source of protein to feed their young. The males just eat nectar from plants and other sweet things.
You would have certainly seen some insects around our gardens. None of them is as small as the Tanzanian Parasitic Wasp, which is smaller than a fly’s eye.
A very fast bird: that’s right, the ostrich can reach 42 mph over long distances whereas a man can barely reach 25 mph and can only maintain this speed over a maximum of 100 metres. You should also know that this bird only has 2 fingers per foot that it uses to defend itself. It also lays eggs that can weigh up to 1 kilo.
Now I understand spiderman!: of course, it is easy to understand when you consider that spider’s silk is stronger than a steel bar with the same thickness.
Did you know that giraffes only normally sleep for 20 minutes per day? They can sleep for as much as 2 hours, spread through the day, but this is unusual. They sleep standing up and never lie down. As well as this, giraffes are also peculiar because they can clean their ears with their tongue… it is half a metre long!
The sloth is the complete opposite because it sleeps for 20 hours per day, but it is not the animal that sleeps most. The Koala bear normally sleeps 22 hours per day. If your parents say that you sleep a lot, now you know that there are living beings that sleep a lot more than you.
Did you know that the giant squid has the largest eyes on the planet – measuring some 38 centrimetres.
Are you a fan of Jurassic Park? Do you like dinosaurs? Then I am sure that you would like to know that the biggest dinosaur discovered was the Diplodocus, it measured more than 30 m high and weighed more than 80 tonnes.
Have you ever asked yourself why dogs find everything easier with their sense of smell? This is due to the fact that this sense is one thousand times more developed than that of humans.
Earthworms have 5 pairs of hearts in the front part of their body.
The humpback whale produces a louder sound than Concorde, which can be heard up to 575 miles away.
Did you know that the organ for hearing is found in different parts of the body, depending which species it is? In humans, as you know, it is in the head, but the moth has its ears on its thorax and other animals, like crickets or spiders have ears on their legs.
Have you never asked yourself why it is so difficult to squash a fly with your hand? This is due to the fact that they have some cells on the upper part of their bodies that are sensitive to air pressure. This is why fly swats have little holes, to let the air through.
Insects, reptiles and birds don’t urinate - they expel their urine with the solid waste.
Bees are born the same size that they will be for their whole life.
Crocodiles have a very small brain, about the size of a person’s thumb. You can also be sure that they won’t make fund of you because they can’t stick out their tongues.
A caterpillar fact: human beings have more than 600 muscles, but a small caterpillar has more than 2000.
The Japanese are well known for being small, but the same is not true for their crabs, as the giant crab measure 33 cm, but its legs are more than... 5 metres long!
Do you like looking at the starts?: you must know that pigs cannot look at the sky, it is physically impossible for them.
You must know what an echo is - well ducks don’t because their “quacking” noise doesn’t produce an echo and nobody has found out why.
Loosing their head: cockroaches can live up to 9 days without their head, and the strange thing is that they die of hunger after this time.
Elephants are the only animals that couldn’t play basketball, as they cannot jump.
Saving water: camels know all about this, as they can survive in extremely hot conditions for 17 days without drinking.