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- May 21, 2015
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What’s in a name?0
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- May 21, 2015
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
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Where can you find a living dragon?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- August 17, 2012
Imagine diving in the waters off the coast of Australia and exploring the bright, colourful reefs in search of new and amazing forms of life. Suddenly you notice a clump of leafy seaweed floating next to you. But the seaweed is moving by itself. You look closer, and discover to your surprise that it’s not
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Which animal acts like a bulldozer?0
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- June 28, 2013
In the sands of tropical reefs lives a tiny little fish called a goby. Gobies would make a tasty snack for passing predators, so to keep from being eaten, they live in holes dug into the bed of the reef. There’s just one problem: gobies can’t dig holes with their tiny fins! Fortunately, there is
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Which animal defends itself by turning itself inside out?0
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- August 10, 2012
Deep beneath the ocean, there’s a family of animals with spiny skin. Most people know about the starfish and the spiny sea urchin, but few people know about the ugliest member of the family, the sea cucumber. But out of all the members of the spiny-skinned family, it’s the sea cucumber that has one of
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Which animal has ears next to its knees?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- May 31, 2013
If you’ve ever gone out at night, you’ve probably heard crickets singing to each other. But have you ever wondered how they hear each other? Their ears aren’t where you’d expect them to be. A cricket’s ears are actually in its legs! All the sounds we hear come from the male cricket. He “sings” his
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Which animal is a living fossil?0
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- May 21, 2015
400 million years ago, the oceans on the planet looked very different than they do now. One strange inhabitant of these oceans was a fish called a coelacanth: it had giant blue scales and four fins that stuck out from its body on lobes. When it swam, it would move these fins much like a
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Which animal lives in a deadly house?0
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- September 28, 2012
One of the loveliest and most deadly groups of animals in a coral reef is that of the colourful anemonen. Anemones may look like bright flowers on the ocean floor (they actually get their name from their resemblance to a flower called an anemone), but they are actualy animals closely related to jellyfish. Each of
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Which animal sees with its nose?0
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- May 21, 2015
Your 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
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Which animal talks by dancing?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- December 14, 2012
If you (very carefully) look inside a bee hive, you’ll see a buzzing nest of activity. Bees are constantly on the move, performing all the jobs that need to be done to keep the hive running, but every so often you can spot a group of bees standing in a circle watching another bee dance.
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