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Sarah Jane Elliott
I am a writer, teacher, content producer and a museum educator. I hold a honours bachelor of Science degree from University of Toronto, specializing in zoology and animal behavior and a B.Ed., J/I Science Specialist from York University. I have published an educational anthology of science fiction stories. I am passionate about nature and history. I am a contributing author of various science articles for kids.

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Which primate jumps the farthest?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- May 21, 2015
The current world record for the long jump is held by Mike Powell from the USA, who jumped 29.4 feet in 1968. That’s about 5 times the length of an average human man. That’s pretty far! But there is another member of the primate family that can leave that record in the dust. An African
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Did you know that seahorses can dance?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- May 21, 2015
One of the most fragile and beautiful fish in the ocean is the tiny seahorse. Seahorses are remarkable animals, in more ways than one. But one of the most amazing things about them is that seahorses can dance! Seahorses mate for life. When a seahorse finds the mate, the two seahorses begin a complicated series
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Do vampire bats really suck your blood?0
- Science Fun Facts
- May 21, 2015
There are over 1000 different kinds of bats in the world. Most of them are insect eaters. Some eat fruit, some drink nectar from flowers, and a few eat small animals like mice. Out of all those bats, there are only three species that actually feed on blood! All three kinds of vampire bats live
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Which dinosaurs were the biggest?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- May 21, 2015
Everyone knows that dinosaurs were big, but how big were they? Most people think that the biggest of the lot were Tyrannosaurus Rex and Brachiosaurus, but they lost their biggest dinosaur titles years ago. The biggest dinosaurs that we know of so far actually come from Argentina! Palaeontologists are scientists who study dinosaurs, and the
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