Facts

Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height. This is equivalent to a man jumping the Empire State Building in New York.  

• There are more than 60 different species of eagles.

 A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. 

The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car

Lobsters can live up to 50 years. 

Most penguins can swim 15 miles per hour.

There may be as many as 100 million penguins in the world.

Penguins use a sign language of sorts to communicate with each other. They will wave their flippers and move their heads to "talk" to other penguins in the group.

Living on the ice can be quite dangerous, with natural predators lurking around each corner. Because of this many penguin species don't go back on the ice or dry land to sleep. Instead they take little naps in the water instead.

The most dogs ever owned by one person were 5,000 Mastiffs owned by Kubla Khan.

Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years. Cats have lived with people for only 7,000 years.

You can keep mice on a table without a cage because mice are afraid to jump off high vertical drops.

The name mouse comes from "mus", a Sanskrit word that means thief.

The average mouse lives only 1-2 years.

Cows can live 25 years. You can guess the age of a cow that has horns by counting the number of rings on the horns.

The smallest type of cow is a breed called Dexter, which was bred a small size for household living.

A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.

Dolphins have to be conscious to breath. This means that they cannot go into a full deep sleep, because then they would suffocate.

There are about 40 species of dolphin. Some can hold their breath for as much as 30 minutes, while others must breathe every 20 seconds.

Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.

Eagles mate while airborne.

Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.

Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.

A group of frogs is called an army.

Frogs sometimes eat enough fireflies that they themselves glow.

ALL bonobo chimpanzees are B-sexual.