Which mammals have no teeth?
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- September 21, 2012
Oysters are amazing creatures. They have played an important role in nature since they first arrived on the planet, as natural cleaners. A bed of oysters can filter pollution out of water and make it clean again. But humans have found other uses for them as well. For thousands of years, humas have harvested oysters
READ MOREEveryone knows that birds sing to each other. It’s hard to go outside in the morning without hearing the songs of birds calling back and forth. But did you know that birds aren’t the only ones who sing to each other? In the mammal family, we knew that humans and whales could sing to each
READ MOREUp in the arctic, it gets extremely cold, so the animals that live there have to have adaptations that will let them survive the wicked temperatures. Some have thick fur or waterproof feathers, and some, like the walrus, have very thick skin. Walruses are massive animals; a fully grown male weighs up to 3000 pounds!
READ MOREImagine walking up to the biggest flower in the world and taking a big, long, sniff. You might think it would smell lovely, but the truth is that the biggest flower in the world is also the stinkiest! The Rafflesia flower is huge; it can get over a metre wide and weigh up to 10
READ MOREThere is plenty of competition for the title of “world’s fastest animal”, but have you ever wondered which animal is the slowest? To find it, you have to visit a rainforest and look way up into the canopy. The slowest animal in the world is a sloth! Sloths spend most of their time hanging upside
READ MOREImagine that you’re out on a boat, watching a clear, calm ocean before you. Suddenly, the surface of the ocean is disturbed by movement. It looks like bubbles are coming to the surface. Then, like a dance, a dozen humpback whales break the surface at once! This happens often in the wild, and it’s because
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