Which mammals have no teeth?
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- September 21, 2012
Most people know that a baby dog is called a puppy and a baby cat is called a kitten. But some baby animals have names that you would never expect! For example, pup is a very popular word: armadillos, bats, coyotes, dogs, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, moles, otters, prairie dogs, seals, sharks, and squirrels
READ MOREThe has big nostrils to let it take in lots of air, and a big heart to pump blood fast when it’s running. And unlike most big cats, it can’t roar – but it is the biggest cat that can purr! But there is an animal that can move even faster than the cheetah. You
READ MOREEveryone 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
READ MOREHere’s a neat trick to try: hold up the index fingers of both hands, and tip your hands so that your index fingers are pointing at each other with a small space between them. Make sure your fingers are at the same level as your eyes. Now focus your eyes on the wall across from
READ MORETake a look at your eyes in a mirror. What do you see? Humans have a white part of the eye, a coloured iris, and a dark pupil in the centre. The pupil is actually a hole in your eye that lets light in so that you can see. But in Central and South America,
READ MOREHave you ever looked at the thousands of bones on display at a museum and wondered how the museum scientists managed to clean them all? The truth is, if the scientints had to clean all the bones in a museum by hand, nothing would ever be ready to display. Fortunately, the scientists have some helpers
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