Friday 6 December 2013

Some Facts about Wildlife

1. Fastest animal in Land: Cheetahs can run between 112 and 120 km/hr (70 and 75 mph)
2. Fastest animal in Water: Sailfish can swim up to 68 miles per hour.
3. Fastest animal in Air: Peregrine falcons, they can fly 70 miles/hour and dive toward the earth at more than 200 miles per hour.
4. Fastest Bird in Land: Ostriches, running up to 40 miles per hour.
5. Fastest Swimming Bird: Gentoo Penguin can swim 40 km per hour.
6. Fastest Mammal in water: Dall Porpoises can swim up to 35 miles per hour.
7. Biggest Eyed Bird: Ostrich
8. Biggest Bird: North African ostrich
9. Deadliest Animal: Female Anopheles mosquitoes, which carry malaria, kill more than a million people each year.
10. Heaviest Flying Bird: The Dalmatian Pelican.
11. Heaviest cephalopod: Colossal squid.
12. Highest jumper: Kangaroo, can jump up to 10ft.
13. Longest arms: The Gibbon.
14. Longest Gestation: Asian elephants are born after a gestation period of 19 to 22 months.
15. Longest Lifespan: Tortoise, more than 150 years.

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