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Bottlenose dolphins were used in both the Vietnam and the Gulf to detect enemy swimmers trying to plant explosives on ships. 32 The male gathers up all of the eggs once they’ve been fertilised and stores them in his mouth until they hatch. It helps them absorb heat to keep warm, while the white fur helps provides camouflage in the snowy and icy environment they live. 41. Giant anteaters consume up to 35,000 ants and termites in a single day. Animal Fun was originally designed to be used primarily by Kindergarten and Pre-school classroom teachers – as we recognised that children spent a large portion of their day in these settings. Since launch, we have also found that many Child Care Centres and Allied Health professionals who work with young children have found the programme to be really beneficial. They use their acute sense of smell to detect blood using an organ called the ‘olfactory bulb’. 44. The Naked Mole-Rat can live in an almost zero oxygen atmosphere.

Ants have colonised almost every landmass on Earth. Their population is estimated as 10 7–10 8 billion alone, in comparison to approx. 7 billion humans on the planet. 5 9. The shortest living animal in the world is the Mayfly. Its entire adult lifespan is just 24hrs. DJ L, L M, H V, et al. Wood frog adaptations to overwintering in Alaska: new limits to freezing tolerance. J Exp Biol. 2014;217(Pt 12):2193-2200. doi:10.1242/JEB.101931 C. Wilcox (2017). “Some Animals Don’t Actually Sleep for the Winter, and Other Surprises About Hibernation”, via National Geographic. Poaching is a big problem for gorillas, but young gorillas have learnt how to trap and dismantle snares. 33 84. The earliest found depictions of dogs come from 8,000 years ago. This allows the colossal squid to detect the faint light of a predator from over 400 feet (120 metres). 14Dolphins deliberately handle pufferfish causing them to release toxins as a defence mechanism. These toxins can be deadly in high doses, but also have a narcotic effect – and are a powerful hallucinogenic, which dolphins appear to enjoy.

M.Wittlin (2006). “Charles Dawin Contemporary Marches Towards Her Third Century”, via Seed Magazine.Having appropriate motor skills are essential for all children. Children who have poorly developed motor skills often do less physical activity than other children and this has been linked to health problems such as childhood obesity and risk factors for other diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes and Cardio-vascular problems. Having good motor skills helps children to feel confident about themselves and their ability to engage in social play with their peers. Having poor motor skills has also been linked to children having poor self-esteem, lower academic achievement, difficulty concentrating, being victims of bullying, feeling isolated on the playground and increased levels of anxiety and depression. There are more than 1.4 billion insects for EACH HUMAN on the planet, according to recent estimates. These huge birds are over a meter tall (up to 5 feet) and have a wingspan of more than 2 m (almost 8 feet!). Its name comes from its huge beak which is over 20cm long and almost that wide. Along with lungfish, it also eats baby turtles and baby crocodiles whole. These anti-freeze proteins prevent water in the cells of the animals from crystalising and forming ice. Examples of animals with this superpower include the winter flounder and the eelpout. 95. Honeypot ants swell up to a huge size with food. To be able to pull of this feat, they double or even triple their body weight before hibernation. During hibernation they are able to reduce their metabolic rate and the animal may stop breathing for periods of up to an hour at a time. 18 52. Japanese Macaques play with snowballs for fun.

Nielsen J, Hedeholm RB, Heinemeier J, et al. Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). Science (80- ). 2016;353(6300):702-704. doi:10.1126/science.aaf1703 They can be up to 20m long and weigh up to 80 tonnes. These giant whales dive down to almost 3,000m below the surface where they hunt giant squid. Giant squid can be the same size or bigger than sperm whales and will fight viciously with them. Adult whales can be seen with scars on their heads from the beaks of giant squid. 19 The Mariana snailfish is the deepest fish in the ocean, living up to around 8,000m below the surface. Snakes can burp fire—only if the decomposing animal they eat bursts with methane and hydrogen while being digested. The Mayfly reproduces and then dies, during that short 24hr period of life. Some species of Mayfly only live for 8-10 hours. Although they have the shortest adult lifespan, they actually exist as a nymph in water from 3-7 years, depending on species. 10. The horned lizard is able to shoot blood from its own eyes, up to a distance of 3 feet away. The rather bizarre and disgusting act is a defensive mechanism to confuse predators.

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As social animals, sheep are capable of recognising familiar and unfamiliar faces. Studies even suggest that they miss other sheep when they are taken away for a long time afterwards. 27 63. Tardigrades can survive in space and go without eating for more than 10 years. Here’s our big list of the 101 greatest animal facts. This includes some of the most asked, fun, surprising and crazy animal facts from across the animal kingdom. The loudest, deadliest, fastest, largest, most bizarre and random, are all here in our big animal fact list.

A study in the 90’s in the Serengeti found that 95% of cheetah cubs died before reaching adulthood. Many deaths were due to Lions, but also other predators and disease. 48. A tigers rear legs are so powerful, that they have been found remaining to stand even after death. Wilcox C. Meet The Trumpapillar: The Venomous Caterpillar That Perfectly Mimics The Donald’s Hair | Discover Magazine. Accessed August 16, 2021. Occupational Therapists and Paediatric Physiotherapists can use Animal Fun both in therapy sessions and to engage the support of parents/teachers to extend the practice of the skills outside of the clinic. Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti DJ, Andrews RD. First long-term behavioral records from Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) reveal record-breaking dives. PLoS One. 2014;9(3). doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0092633Qiu Q, Zhang G, Ma T, et al. The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude. Nat Genet 2012 448. 2012;44(8):946-949. doi:10.1038/ng.2343