Weird Facts About Animals

Weird facts about animals

• Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.
• A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).
  
• Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.
• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
  
  

• The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird. It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g).
• Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
• Polar bears are left handed.
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
  
• Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.
  
• Reindeer eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
• Snakes can see through their eyelids.
• A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
• Woodpeckers don't get headaches from all that pecking. Their skulls have air pockets to cushion the brain.
• The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.

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