Which mammals have no teeth?
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- September 21, 2012
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
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 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 MOREYour eyes are what let you see the world so that you know what’s going on around you. But imagine that you lived in tunnels underground where no light could reach. You would have to come up with another way of sensing what was around you. And that’s exactly what the star-nosed mole does! Star-nosed
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 MOREHave you ever wondered why, even though you brush your teeth at night, your breath always smells bad in the morning? It’s because bad breath is actually caused by tiny organisms living in your mouth! Bacteria are one of the smallest living things in the world, and our bodies have over a trillion bacteria living
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