Animal fun facts
2. Only big cats roar. Little cats purr.
3. The largest wild cat is the Siberian Tiger from head to tail they can measure more than 10 feet and weigh more than 600 pounds.
4. Cats have hairy tails and rough tongues that they use to clean their fur.
5. There are about 230 species of primates.
6. Monkeys and apes have families or larger groups called ‘troops,’ and often behave like people.
7.. Primates have developed behaviors that let them live almost anywhere from the semi-desert areas of Africa to the cold mountains of Asia.
8. Monkeys and apes have hands that can grab. They have eyes that face forward allowing them to see precise distances.
9. Birds are the only animals on earth to have feathers which grow out of their skin.
10. Wing feathers help birds fly, tail feathers help them turn, and they also help to control a bird’s body temperature.
11. Birds migrate great distances every year in response to changes in their environment and weather.
12. Scientists believe that birds may have evolved from dinosaurs.
13. Birds use their beaks to do the important jobs of collecting food and eating.
14. Almost half of all mammal species are rodents.
15. There are over 1700 different kinds of rodents including squirrels, mice and meerkats.
16. Rodents are nature’s collectors, foresters and builders.
17. The smallest rodent is a Pygmy Mouse of Central America which is only 1 inch long and weighs only 7 grams.
18. Pigs, boars, hippos, camels, deer, giraffes, antelopes and many other hoofed animals all have a horny hoof on each toe which is used for gripping the ground.
19. The tallest hoofed mammal is the giraffe which can be 19 feet tall.
20. The heaviest hoofed animal is the African Hippopotamus which can weigh about 10000 pounds.
21. Studies have shown that pigs are as smart as dogs they’ve been taught to fetch, sit and do many of the tricks that dogs can do.
