• Large sea turtles understand the language of dolphins. Sailing to lay eggs to the coast of the Nicobar Islands in Indian Ocean, turtles do not immediately go ashore, but wait for a special signal from dolphins, who assess the situation on the coast and, if it is favorable (there are no enemies, good weather etc.), using a special sound, they give the turtles the command to move to the shore.
• Hippos are born underwater.
• In Brazil, there are butterflies that emit a strong odor, so they are specially kept in homes to scent the air.
• When young, Black Sea perches are mostly girls, but by the age of 5 they radically change sex!
• In medieval Europe, beaver was considered a fish and its meat was highly valued.
• The ancient Egyptians taught baboons to serve them at table.
• The Europeans, having arrived in Australia, asked the aborigines: “What are these strange jumping animals you have here?” The Aborigines answered: “Kangaroo,” which meant: “We don’t understand!”

• The only pet that is not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
• The only animals other than humans that suffer from leprosy are armadillos.
• The only animals that have sex for pleasure are humans and dolphins.
• If flamingos don't have enough food, their feathers turn from pink to a dull gray. In the wild, birds feed on shrimp, tiny aquatic plants containing a special coloring substance - carotene.
• The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.
• The animal that can go the longest without drinking is the rat.
• Over the past 4,000 years, not a single new animal has been domesticated.
• The Tokyo Zoo closes for 2 months every year so that the animals can take a break from visitors.
• The snail's teeth are located on its tongue, which it uses to cut and grind food.
• Every year, more people die from bee stings than from snake bites.
• Whales can hold their breath for up to two hours.
• When Europeans first saw a giraffe, they called it a “camelback,” thinking it was a hybrid of a camel and a leopard.

Read: 15 little-known facts about giraffes

• When a female giraffe gives birth, her baby falls from a height of one and a half meters.
• Hummingbirds cannot walk.
• The number of crows in a flock that gathers in winter to roost somewhere in a forest clearing can reach 200–300 thousand.
• Grasshopper blood white, lobster - blue.
• Crocodiles swallow rocks to dive deeper.
• A mole can dig a tunnel 76 meters long in one night.
• Sloths spend 75% of their lives sleeping.
• A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
• The guinea pig has nothing to do with pigs or the sea. This is a rodent that is related to rabbits and hares and was brought to Europe in the 16th century from South America. Hence, by the way, the name - overseas pig, which was later changed to “sea pig”.
• Anteaters prefer to eat termites rather than ants.

Read: 10 incredible facts about ants

• Birth control pills work on gorillas.
• Despite the hump, the camel's spine is straight.
• It takes 4 hours to hard boil an ostrich egg.
• One of the oldest insects on our planet is the common fly, the age of the found fossilized remains of which is estimated by scientists at millions and millions of years.
• About 70 percent of living things on Earth are bacteria.
• Orangutans warn of aggression with loud burps.
• A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
• The main food of the largest of poisonous snakes- the king cobra is other snakes, including its relatives. Destroying a large number of poisonous snakes, King Cobra in many places of its habitat it has gained good fame.
• Penguins can jump more than one and a half meters in height.
• Polar bears can run at a speed of 40 km/h.
• Only male nightingales sing, thereby expressing devotion and love to their girlfriend, who, as a rule, sits somewhere nearby without raising a voice.
• A giraffe pursued by a predator can reach speeds of up to 50 km/h, that is, it is able to overtake the fastest racehorse.
• With a lack of food, a tapeworm can eat up to 95 percent of its body weight - and nothing!
• The executioner bird impales mice on the thorns of bushes, thus making provisions for a rainy day.
• Female elephants flap their ears to their sides as they gather their young.
• The rabbit drums its feet on the ground, signaling danger.
• The heaviest breed among dogs is considered to be the Saint Bernard, the most well-fed specimen of which at the age of 5 years weighed 140 kilograms.

Read: 10 most aggressive dog breeds

• The longest worm, Lineus longus, reaches 15 meters and lives off the European shores of the Atlantic.
• The easiest way to distinguish a vegetarian animal from a predator: predators have eyes located on the front of the muzzle to see the prey. Vegetarians have them on both sides of their heads to see the enemy.
• Scorpions can go without eating anything for almost two years, and ticks can go up to 10 years!
• The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
• Elephants and humans are the only mammals that can stand on their heads.
• Female dogs bite more often than male dogs.
• Sharks are immune to cancer.
• A cat falling from the 12th floor has a better chance of surviving than a cat falling from the 7th floor.
• The moth has no stomach.
• Dogs have elbows.
• The snail has about 25,000 teeth.
• The black spider can eat up to 20 spiders a day.
• To make a kilogram of honey, a bee must fly around 2 million flowers.
• Chimpanzees are the only animals that can recognize themselves in the mirror.
• Language blue whale weighs up to 4 tons. What a big elephant!
• Ferrets sleep up to 20 hours a day.
• Tigers not only have striped fur, but also striped skin.
• The gar fish has green bones.
• The octopus has a rectangular pupil.
• Giraffes have a completely black tongue, the length of which can reach up to 45 cm.
• The blood temperature of fish in Antarctica can reach -1.7 degrees Celsius.
• A whale's heart beats only 9 times per minute.
• A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

Read: 10 myths about cats

• When the first batch of sparrows was brought from Europe to America in 1850, the Americans were so happy that they fed them all to death.
• An iguana can stay underwater for up to 28 minutes.
• A zebra is white with black stripes, not the other way around.
• IN ancient Egypt The main pests of the fields were considered not beetles or even locusts, but... hippopotamuses.
• The female armadillo has a unique ability. At stressful situations it can delay childbirth for up to two years.
• When attacking their prey, sharks close their eyes so that the struggling prey does not injure them.
• Male monkeys go bald just like men.
• A species of starfish called Lunckia columbiae can reproduce its entire body from a 1-centimeter-long particle.
• Due to a mechanism that reflects light back to the retina, tigers' night vision is six times better than that of humans.
• Snakes can sleep for 3 years in a row without eating anything.
• A flea can jump 33 cm in one jump. If people had the same jumping ability, a person could jump 213 meters!
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

Every day, reading a poem, a story, a fairy tale, showing pictures, the mother introduces the child to the diverse animal world! This is an elephant - it is big, and the tallest is a giraffe, a very beautiful bird, a parrot, can learn up to a hundred words.

To stories about animals have become more diverse and interesting, so that a child can not only distinguish a panther from a domestic cat, but also make up interesting stories about the unusual capabilities of animals and thereby amaze peers and teachers, the administration of the “Your Child” website will introduce you to the animals of our planet for several months. Will be published every week new topic series of stories "Interesting about animals". The articles will be published interesting information about the animal world, interesting facts about animals.

/ Animals of the Arctic

ARCTIC ICE

It seems incredible that where the temperature does not rise above - 10 o C, Arctic animals can live and reproduce. And yet, even the coldest and most inhospitable parts of the Earth are inhabited. The fact is that some animals have adapted in a special way to retain their own body heat. For example, the body of penguins under their plumage is thickly covered with warm down, and the skin of polar bears is very thick and waterproof. In addition, all polar animals have a dense layer of fat under their skin.

Life for animals in Antarctica is possible only on the coast. The interior of the continent is uninhabited.

Polar bear.

At the end of autumn, a female polar bear digs a den in the snow. In December - January, as a rule, two bear cubs are born, but only in the spring will they leave the den for the first time.

A polar bear cub is born very small, blind, deaf and completely defenseless. Therefore, he lives with his mother for two years. The skin of this bear is very dense, waterproof and absolutely white, thanks to which it easily finds shelter among the whiteness of the surrounding ice. He swims remarkably well - this is facilitated by the membrane that connects the pads of his paws. The polar bear is the largest predator in the world.

A polar bear usually weighs between 150 and 500 kilograms. The mass of some representatives exceeds 700 kilograms.

Pinnipeds.

On cold ground and endless ice floes drifting in the Arctic, live different kinds pinnipeds; these include fur seals, seals and walruses. By origin, these are terrestrial animals that have mastered marine environment: During evolution, their body has adapted to life in water. Unlike cetaceans, pinnipeds were only partially modified by this adaptation. This is how the front paws of fur seals turned into flippers, on which they can lean on land to lift top part torso; seals learned to move on the ground by crawling on their bellies.

Pinnipeds have huge nostrils, and a short time they can inhale the amount of air needed to stay underwater for about 10 minutes.

Pinnipeds feed not only on fish, but also on crustaceans, mollusks and krill, which consists of tiny shrimp.

Fur seal similar to a sea lion, but has a thicker skin and a shorter and sharper snout. The male is much larger than the female and can weigh four times as much.

Sea Elephant. The largest pinniped species in the world: the weight of a male can reach 3,500 kilograms. It is easily distinguished from the female by the swelling on its head, similar to a short trunk, from which it gets its name.

Leopard seal. With its spotted skin, this seal resembles the predator of the cat family, from which it borrowed its name. The leopard seal is very aggressive and can sometimes even eat a fellow seal if it is smaller.

Walrus.

This long-tusked mammal lives in the Arctic seas, making short seasonal migrations. A male walrus is huge: it can weigh 1,500 kilograms, while a female's weight rarely reaches 1,000 kilograms. The walrus has a massive, wrinkled body covered with sparse bristles.

The strong voice of the walrus resembles both the roar of a lion and the lowing of a bull; while sleeping, on ice or in water, he snores loudly. He can relax for hours, lounging in the sun. The walrus is irritable and obstinate, but he will not hesitate to come to the aid of his brother, who is being attacked by hunters.

Long tusks are indispensable in the life of a walrus: he uses them to defend himself from enemies and to drill into the seabed; With the help of tusks, the walrus climbs onto the shore and moves along the ice floe or ground. The length of the fangs is more major representatives reaches one meter!

Little walruses are nursed by their mother for two years, and for the next two years they remain under her protection.

Under the skin of the walrus there is a thick layer of fat, which serves as both protection from the cold and a reserve reserve in case of hunger.

Penguins.

Penguins- these are birds, but their wings are not suitable for flight: they are too short. With the help of wings, penguins swim, like fish with the help of fins. Penguins are found only in southern hemisphere. They live in large colonies on land, but some species can make long migrations in the open sea.

As a rule, penguins lay only one egg. Baby penguins find refuge from the cold in the lower folds of their parent's abdomen. The plumage of penguin chicks is usually dark brown; over time, they acquire the characteristic black and white coloration of adults.

In the colonies emperor penguin sometimes there are 300 thousand individuals.

/ Interesting Facts about animals of savannas and prairies

Among the grasses of the savannah. In the savannah there are periods of drought when there is a shortage of food. Then numerous herds of animals go in search of more favorable conditions. These migrations can last for weeks, and only the hardiest animals manage to reach their goal. The weaker ones are doomed to die.

The savannah climate favors the growth of tall and lush grass. Trees, on the contrary, are rare here.

Baobab not so much tall tree, however, the diameter of its trunk can reach 8 meters.

Buffalo.

The African buffalo, along with the hippopotamus, is considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Indeed, if a buffalo is wounded or feels danger to itself or its cubs, it does not hesitate to attack the aggressor and kill him with its powerful horns. Even the lion tries to avoid meeting him, as he is not sure of the outcome of the battle. Therefore, only buffaloes that have strayed from the herd, or old and sick animals that are unable to defend themselves, are attacked by predators.

Zebra.

The zebra skin is original and easily recognizable. At first glance, all zebras seem the same, but in fact, each animal has its own stripe pattern, like human fingerprints. Countless attempts have been made to domesticate zebras (domesticate them like horses), but they always end in failure. The zebra does not tolerate riders or other loads on its rump. She is very shy and difficult to approach even in nature reserves.

Zebras lack horns and other means of defense and flee from predators. Once surrounded, they defend themselves with their teeth and hooves.

How to spot predators? Zebras' vision is not very sharp, so they often graze next to other animals, such as giraffes or ostriches, which are able to notice the approach of predators earlier.

A pursued zebra can travel at speeds of 80 kilometers per hour, but not for long.

The stripes on a zebra's skin can be used to identify different types of zebra. The stripes on the croup are especially significant in this sense.

Leo prefers open spaces, where he finds coolness in the shade of rare trees. For hunting, it is better to have a wide view in order to notice herds of grazing herbivores from afar and develop a strategy on how best to approach them unnoticed. Outwardly, it is a lazy beast that dozes and sits around for a long time. Only when the lion is hungry and forced to pursue herds of herbivores or when he must defend his territory does he emerge from his stupor.

Lions do not hunt alone, unlike cheetahs and tigers. As a result, all members of the lion family live together for a long time and the grown lion cubs are not expelled from it, unless the conditions in the hunting territory become critical.

Usually a group of females goes hunting, but males rarely join them. The hunters surround the victim, hiding in tall grass. When the animal notices the danger, it panics and tries to escape at a gallop, but most often falls into the clutches of other hidden lionesses that it has not noticed.

A characteristic feature of a lion is a thick mane in males, which is not found in other representatives of the cat family.

A lioness usually gives birth to two cubs. To become adults, they need about two years - all this time they adopt the experience of their parents.

A lion's claws can reach 7 cm.

Giraffe.

In an effort to survive, all animals have evolved to provide their species with sufficient food. The giraffe can feed on tree leaves that other herbivores cannot reach: thanks to its six-meter height, it is taller than all other animals. A giraffe can take food from the ground, as well as drink water, but to do this, it must spread its front legs wide apart in order to bend over. In this position, he is very vulnerable to predators, because he cannot immediately rush to flight.

The giraffe has a very long, thin and soft tongue, adapted for plucking acacia leaves. The lips, especially the upper ones, also serve this purpose. The giraffe picks off leaves growing at a height of two to six meters.

The most favorite food of giraffes is tree leaves, especially acacia; its thorns apparently do not bother the animal.

Giraffes live in herds, divided into two groups: one contains females with cubs, the other contains males. To win the right to become leaders of the herd, males fight by striking their heads with their necks.

When running, the giraffe is not very fast or agile. When running away from an enemy, he can only count on a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

Cheetah.

The cheetah's "secret weapon" is its flexible body with a strong spine, curved like the arch of a bridge, and powerful clawed paws that allow it to rest firmly on the ground. This is the fastest-footed animal of the African savannah. No one can imagine an animal running faster than a cheetah. In short moments, it reaches speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour, and if it didn’t get tired quickly, it would be the most feared predator in Africa.

The cheetah prefers to live in small groups of two to eight to nine individuals. Typically such a group consists of one family.

Unlike other members of the cat family, the cheetah's claws never retract, just like dogs. This feature allows the animal not to slip on the ground when running; Only the claw of the thumb does not touch the ground.

The cheetah climbs trees and surveys the savanna from above to discover herds of grazing herbivores that could become its prey.

The skin of a cheetah is not always covered with spots; sometimes they merge, forming stripes, like the king cheetah.

The long tail serves as a rudder - it can quickly change the direction of running, which is necessary when chasing a victim.

Elephant.

The African elephant was threatened with extinction both because of hunting, to which it became a victim at the beginning of the 20th century, since there was a great demand for ivory products (from tusks), and because of important changes made by man in its habitat. Now elephants live mainly in giant national parks, where they are studied by zoologists and protected by security guards. Unfortunately, this is not enough to stop elephants from being killed by poachers. The situation is different with the Indian elephant, which has never been in danger because man has used it for various jobs for centuries.

The African elephant is different from the Indian elephant. It is larger, its ears are larger, and its tusks are much longer. IN South-East Asia elephants are domesticated and used for various jobs. African elephants They cannot be tamed due to their more independent nature.

Like the giraffe, the elephant prefers to eat tree leaves, which it plucks from the branches with its trunk. It happens that he knocks down an entire tree to the ground to get food.

Tusks and trunks are two of the elephants' miraculous survival tools. The elephant uses its tusks to protect itself from predators and uses them during drought to dig up the ground in search of water. With a very mobile trunk, it picks off leaves and collects water, which it then puts into its mouth. The elephant loves water very much and, at the first opportunity, climbs into a pond to freshen up. He swims great.

The elephant willingly hides in the shade because its huge body has difficulty cooling down. Its huge ears serve this purpose, with which it rhythmically fans itself to cool itself.

Just as children hold their mother’s hand, so baby elephants walk holding the elephant’s tail with their proboscis.

Ostrich.

The natural environment in which the ostrich lives determined the final adaptability of this bird, the largest of all: the ostrich's mass exceeds 130 kilograms. Long neck increases the ostrich's height to two meters. A flexible neck and excellent vision allow him to notice danger from afar from this height. Long legs give the ostrich the ability to run at speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour, usually sufficient to escape from predators.

The ostrich prefers open spaces where it can see everything from afar and there are no obstacles for running.

Ostriches do not live alone, but in groups of varying numbers. While the birds are looking for food, at least one stands guard and looks around the area to spot enemies, primarily cheetahs and lions.

The ostrich's eyes are surrounded by long eyelashes, which protect them from both the African sun and dust raised by the wind.

Ostriches build a nest in a small depression, digging it in sandy soil and covering it with something soft. The female incubates the eggs during the day because her gray color blends well with environment; the male, with predominantly black feathers, incubates at night.

Females lay from three to eight eggs in a common nest, and each of them takes turns incubating the eggs in turn. One egg weighs more than one and a half kilograms and has a very strong shell. Sometimes it takes a baby ostrich a whole day to break the shell and hatch from the egg.

The ostrich's beak is short, flat and very strong. It is not specialized for any particular food, but serves to pluck grass and other vegetation and grab insects, small mammals and snakes.

Rhinoceros.

This huge pachyderm lives in both Africa and South and Southeast Asia. There are two species of rhinoceroses in Africa, distinct from the Asian ones. African rhinoceroses have two horns and are adapted to habitats characterized by large spaces with very few trees. The Asian rhinoceros has only one horn and prefers to live in forest thickets. These animals are on the verge of extinction because they are ruthlessly hunted by poachers for their horns, which are in high demand in some countries.

Despite its mass, the African rhinoceros is very mobile and can make sharp turns while running.

A female rhinoceros usually gives birth to one calf every two to four years. The baby stays with his mother for a long time, even when he grows up and becomes independent. Within an hour, a newborn calf can follow its mother on its own legs; moreover, it usually walks either in front of her or on the side. It feeds on mother's milk for a year, and during this time its weight increases from 50 to 300 kilograms.

Male rhinoceroses, like many other animals, fight for the right to become the leader. At the same time, they use the horn as a stick, that is, they hit with the side, and not with the tip. It may happen that during a single combat the horn breaks, but then it grows back, albeit very slowly.

A rhinoceros's eyesight is poor; it sees only close up, like a nearsighted person. But he has the finest sense of smell and hearing; he can smell food or an enemy from afar.

Ro / Interesting facts about jungle animals and tropical forests

In the Amazon forest.

Rainforests characterized by lush vegetation; under trees with tall trunks, despite the fact that their crowns let in little light, a dense undergrowth grows. It has high humidity - precipitation is frequent here and is conducive to the development of plants of any type. Such an environment is almost ideal for supporting the life of countless animals that find food there in abundance. Naturally, this environment is especially favorable for small and medium-sized animals, which, even more often, can move with dexterity.

Pelican.

This bizarre bird with a distinctive beak is found on all continents and, depending on its habitat, has slight differences in shape and size. Its most typical habitat is sea coasts and lakes. It feeds on aquatic animals, mainly fish. These birds fish in a special way at low tide. They gather in groups and beat the water together with their wings, scaring the fish and forcing it to swim towards the shore, where it is clearly visible and its maneuverability is difficult. The fish become easy prey for the pelicans; they fill their beaks with it, on the lower part of which there are extensible throat sacs. The prey is taken to the nest and calmly eaten there.

Pelican- Very big bird, reaches a length of 1.8 meters, and its wingspan is up to 3 meters. In search of food they are able to dive to depths.

Pelicans- birds are social, live in numerous colonies, get food together and build nests.

The American white pelican lives most of the year in the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. During the breeding season, birds living in more northern areas move to the south, where the climate is milder and more favorable for the development of chicks. The plumage of pelicans is almost completely white, with only light yellow spots on the chest and wings.

The pelican's nest is a bulky structure made of reeds, dead wood and feathers. When adult birds bring food to the nest for their chicks, they pull it out of the parents’ throats with their beaks, already half-digested, which makes it easier for them to digest the food.

The female lays two or three bluish or yellowish eggs and incubates them for about 30 days. The chicks are born completely naked. The plumage grows over the next 10 days. The female is slightly smaller in size than the male.

Sloths so named for the extreme slowness of their movements, reminiscent of movements in slow motion filming. The constantly wet skin of sloths serves as a breeding ground for microscopic algae, which is why the animals' fur acquires a greenish tint, making them almost invisible among the foliage.

Jaguar.

An animal similar to a leopard, but larger; It is also distinguished by a special pattern on the skin: ring-shaped dark spots, inside of which there are smaller specks. Jaguars hunt alone and mainly on the ground, although they crawl well in trees and swim. Having caught prey, the predator usually hides it somewhere in a secret place and then eats it piece by piece.

Jaguars give birth to two or three young. Like all predators, they teach their growing babies to hunt.

Tapir.

The most common South American species is land tapir, lives near bodies of water. It swims well and can cross fairly wide rivers; Sometimes tapirs even dive to get the stems of aquatic plants that serve as food for them.

The dense foliage of the Amazon forest is home to a wide variety of species. wild birds. Here stroll the red-brown hoatzin and the crested serima, whose legs are better suited for running than wings for flight. Quezal builds a nest inside a termite mound and the termites do not cause him any disturbance. The eagle owl, a nocturnal predator with a long crest on its head, lives in the most impassable places, and therefore ornithologists have not yet been able to figure out its habits.
This tiny bird (size from 5.7 to 21.6 cm; weight from 1.6 to 20 g) with a long curved beak is capable of flapping its wings so often that it manages to hang almost motionless in the air, sucking nectar from a flower. This is the only bird in the world that can fly backwards.

Swordbeak Hummingbird. When fluttering, this bird makes more than 50 wing beats per second. So it can freeze motionless in the air or fly at speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour. The swordbill's beak is very long and straight, whereas other hummingbirds have a curved beak.

g rhinoceros can reach a length of 1.5 meters.

Interesting Facts

about the life of animals and plants

• Antelope see well at any time of the day.
• African elephant- the largest land animal. Its height is about 3.8 meters at the withers; the length from the end of the trunk to the tip of the tail is 10 meters, and the weight is 10.8 tons. African elephants live 70 – 80 years. With its trunk, an elephant can lift all objects from the ground from a log to a needle.
• Bird wing butterfly- the largest in the world. Its wingspan is 28 centimeters.
• Bacteria - the most ancient organisms. They appeared on earth 1.5 billion years before the formation of the modern biosphere.
• White-breasted Swiftflies at a speed of 171 km/h.
• White African rhinoceroshas the longest horn. Its length is 158 centimeters.
• Polar bear – a powerful predator, extremely adapted to life in ice. The beast is capable of swimming ice water cover distances of tens of miles. He is an excellent diver, has keen eyesight, keen hearing and sense of smell. It can smell prey 5-7 kilometers away, as well as through a thick layer of snow. He determines his course in the ice with incredible accuracy. The polar bear's navigational ability is still being studied by scientists. The polar bear is listed in the International Red Book and is protected by all states where it exists.
• Cheetah – the most fast mammal. It is capable of reaching speeds of up to 110 km/h.
• Giant water lily from the Amazon- the largest aquatic plant. Its leaves, reaching 2 meters, are capable of supporting a child.
• Pigeons - the oldest companions of man. Five thousand years ago, domestic pigeons were already known in Ancient Egypt.
• Dolphins – rescuers. Sailors often see how dolphins save drowning swimmers, pushing them to the surface so that they do not choke. This may seem like some kind of special kindness, but in fact it is an innate instinct. The mother dolphin pushes the newborn dolphin to the surface, where it takes its first breath. In the same way, dolphins support their wounded comrades. A drowning person makes them instinctively want to save him.
• Earthworm per year processes and loosens 20 tons of dry soil. This amount of land can fit in 5 dump trucks. Air and moisture penetrate this soil more easily.
• Oak – The plant is long-lived, many of them live 500 – 1000 years.
• Hedgehog – a very interesting fearless animal, he enters into an unequal battle with poisonous snake and eats wasp and bee nests without fear of being bitten. This is because hedgehogs can tolerate very large doses of poison, from which other animals die.
• Giraffe - the tallest animal. The male giraffe reaches a height of 5 meters, but there are reports of specimens measuring 7 meters tall.
• Black mamba snake- the fastest. It is capable of covering distances at a speed of 25 km/h. At such a speed of movement, she raises her head and the front part of her body, opens her mouth and wiggles her tongue.
• Emperor penguins –deep sea divers. They are capable of diving to depths of up to 265 meters and quickly returning to the surface.
• Indian peacockproduces the loudest calls of any bird. They can be heard several kilometers away.
• Whale shark - the most big fish, reaches a length of 18 meters and weighs about 40 tons. This is a long-lived fish, it lives for about 70 years.
• Condor – one of the largest birds living in the Andes, it lived in captivity for 72 years.
• Cow tyrant - African bird, it sits on the back of cows and catches frightened or flying insects.
• Linden can live and thrive in smoke-polluted air, which is why this tree species is often planted in large cities.
• Elk - The largest animal in our forests, the body length of the elk reaches 3 meters, the height at the withers is 2.3 meters, the weight is 250-570 kg.
• Guinea pig was domesticated a long time ago, even by the Incas. It got its name because of its resemblance to piglets and its ability to make sounds similar to grunting. But the nickname “sea” most likely came from the name “overseas” - because of the sea.
• Sea stars -predators, they eat crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, etc. one of the abilities of sea stars is the ability to regenerate. They not only restore the lost part of the body, but also form a new star from the torn or cut off piece.
• Saltwater crocodiles- the largest reptiles. On average, their length reaches 4.5 meters, but there are reports of significantly more large copies. So, in 1954, a crocodile 8 meters long and weighing about 2 tons was spotted.
• Hawk Moth - the fastest flying insect. It flies at a speed of 53.6 km/h using a tailwind.
• Ants can completely replace upper layer land next to the anthill in just 8 years. They remove soil from the lower layers of the earth and mix it. Ants are champion pest exterminators. In 1 day, the inhabitants of one anthill can destroy several thousand harmful insects. Ants are the longest-living insects; they live for about 20 years.
• Monkey, elephant, dog, dolphin, bear– these animals make up the top five smartest animals.
• Raffia palm has the largest leaves in the world. They reach 20 meters and are larger in size than all tree species.
• Leeches are the most powerful of the worms. Their muscles make up 65.5% of their entire body weight.
• Floating duckweed Wolffia arhiza- the smallest flowering plant in the world. The size of its leaves is only 0.5-1.2 millimeters in diameter; 25 of these leaves can easily fit on your fingernail.
• Bird "Kauai uh" -The rarest bird found in the Hawaiian Islands, in 1980 there was only 1 pair of these birds left in the whole world.
• Sailfish – the most fast fish, she swims faster than a cheetah runs. It reaches a speed of 109 km/h, and the cheetah – 96-101 km/h.
• Blue whale - the largest animal living on Earth today. It can reach a length of 30 meters and weigh about 160 tons. It is 25 times larger than the African elephant.
• Tit Eats as many insects per day as she weighs.
• Starling They can perfectly copy any sounds; they imitate even the human voice no worse than parrots.
• Owls have a natural locator. A slight rustle is enough for the prey to be detected and caught even in absolute darkness. Despite the fact that the owl's body is adapted to hunting at night, its huge eyes allow it to see at any time of the day.
• Peregrine falcon – king of speed. It reaches a speed of 250 km/h, but even at this speed it can be overtaken by a golden eagle.
• Ostrich eggs - the most durable. One egg can support a person weighing up to 115 kg.
• Thailand bumblebee bat- The tiniest flying mammal. It has a wingspan of 160 millimeters; The length of its body ranges from 29-33 millimeters, and its weight is about 20 grams.
• Cockroach - an excellent sprinter. Try to catch a cockroach and you will see that it is very difficult. In a second, a cockroach runs 30 centimeters.
• Tasmanian wolf - one of the rarest animals on Earth. Over the past 50 years, no one has been able to see it. He has never even been photographed in nature.
• Pacific leatherback turtle- the largest Porian reptile, it reaches a length of 2.13 meters and weighs about 453 kg.
• Aphid - the sweetest insect. They release up to 2 tons of sugars into the soil every day in the form of honeydew. Aphids have the shortest lifespan. Aphids develop into adult insects from eggs in 6 days and live for another 4-5 days.
• Three-toed sloth- the slowest mammal. Its speed of movement on the ground is about 2 meters per minute. The speed of movement through trees is slightly above 3 meters per minute.
• Cicadas - the loudest insects. The sound of cicadas can be heard at a distance of over 400 meters.
• Turtles They grow very slowly and usually live quite a long time. The record holder among long-livers whose age is reliably known is the male Marion tortoise, who lived to be 152 years old. Turtles have the poorest diet. Large turtles eat so little that one banana per month is enough for them.
• Four-winged flying fishcapable of making the longest flights. The range of such a record flight is 1109 meters, height is 11 meters, and duration is 90 seconds.

1. To make a kilogram of honey, a bee must fly around 2 million flowers.

2. Breastfeeding a baby is not at all an easy task for whales. After 10-12 months, small whales are born in the womb, up to a third the size of an adult whale (and in the case of the Blue Whale, this is 10 meters). The mother uses her muscles to splash the milk into the baby's mouth, which holds tightly to the nipple (yes, whales have them). The fat content of whale milk is about 50%, which is 10 times the fat content of human milk. Accordingly, the cubs grow, gaining up to 90 kilograms per day.

3. Pigeons can fly thousands of kilometers and still end up exactly where they were going. And the Arctic tern flies more than 40,200 kilometers a year. Many birds use ferromagnets built into them by wise nature to navigate along the Earth's magnetic fields. But a 2006 study showed that pigeons also remember noticeable features on the ground and navigate by them.

4. Research recent years showed that moles have quite acute, albeit limited, vision. And they most often do not like what they see, since the penetration of light usually means that a predator has entered the hole.

5. The giraffe's brain is about 5 meters above its body. It is quite obvious that with such an original design of the neck, the problems of delivering blood to a vital organ must somehow be solved. Not only is the heart of giraffes twice as strong as that of cows, but the unique structure of the veins prevents a sudden rush of blood when lowering the head down. And the skin of the legs should be unusually stretched so as not to allow blood to stagnate in the legs.

6. The eyes of lizards are equipped with orange glasses, because there are a lot of fat droplets in the retina, colored Orange color. This is where it turns out that these animals have light filters. This means that lizards see the world differently than we do. And not just lizards. To many birds, what we see as red appears green.

7. When Europeans first saw a giraffe, they called it a “camelback,” thinking that it was a hybrid of a camel and a leopard.

8. The weight of an ostrich egg can reach 1.5 kg.

9. During World War I, one of the South African monkeys received a medal and was even awarded military rank Cpl.

10. Snakes can sleep for 3 years in a row without eating anything.

11. Rats appeared on Earth 48 million years earlier than humans.

12. There are about 400 breeds of domestic dogs on Earth.

13. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

14. Moth butterflies have caterpillars that live in water and gnaw on aquatic plants.

15. The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.

16. About 70 percent of living creatures on Earth are bacteria.

17. When young, Black Sea perches are mostly girls, but by the age of 5 they radically change sex!

18. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

19. The Tokyo Zoo closes for 2 months every year so that the animals can take a break from visitors.

20. Anteaters prefer to eat termites rather than ants.

21. When a giraffe gives birth, her baby falls from a height of one and a half meters.

22. Despite the hump, the camel’s spine is straight.

23. Sharks are immune to cancer.

24. A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.

25. The animal that can go the longest without drinking is the rat.

26. Hippos are born under water.

27. Orangutans warn of aggression with loud burps.

28. A mole can dig a 76-meter-long tunnel in one night.

29. A snail has about 25,000 teeth.

30. The black spider can eat up to 20 spiders a day.

31. When there is not enough food, a tapeworm can eat up to 95 percent of its body weight.

32. The ancient Egyptians taught baboons to serve them at table.

33. It takes 40 minutes to hard-boil an ostrich egg.

34. Within a pride of lions, 9/10 of the prey is supplied to the “family” by lionesses.

35. Sloths spend 75% of their lives sleeping.

36. Hummingbirds cannot walk.

37. A moth has no stomach.

38. Europeans, having arrived in Australia, asked the aborigines: “What are these strange jumping animals you have here?” The Aborigines answered: “Kangaroo,” which meant: “We don’t understand!”

39. The easiest way to distinguish a vegetarian animal from a predator: predators have eyes located on the front of the muzzle to see the prey. Vegetarians have them on both sides of their heads to see the enemy.

40. The bat is the only mammal that can fly.

41. 99% of living creatures that lived on Earth became extinct.

42. The blood of a grasshopper is white, the blood of a lobster is blue.

43. Over the past 4,000 years, not a single new animal has been domesticated.

44. Penguins can jump more than one and a half meters in height.

45. Chimpanzees are the only animals that can recognize themselves in the mirror.

46. ​​The word “orangutan” means “jungle man” in some African languages.

47. Emu means "ostrich" in Portuguese.

48. Elephants and humans are the only mammals that can stand on their heads.

49. Crocodiles swallow stones to dive deeper.

50. Polar bears can run at a speed of 40 km/h.

51. A cat falling from the 12th floor has a better chance of surviving than a cat falling from the 7th floor.

52. Goshawks are not found in just one European country- Iceland.

53. Chameleons can throw out their tongue a distance equal to half the length of their body. In addition, its eyes are able to rotate independently of each other, so the chameleon can look in all directions at the same time without moving its head.

54. Electric generators of the South American electric eel can generate voltage up to 1200 volts at a current of 1.2 A. This is enough to light six hundred-watt light bulbs.

55. Ferrets sleep up to 20 hours a day.

56. The French call the pigeon a “flying rat.”

57. Jackals have one more pair of chromosomes than dogs and wolves.

58. Tigers not only have striped fur, but also striped skin.

59. The gar fish has green bones.

60. A goat has a square pupil, and in some ungulates it looks like a heart.

61. An octopus has a rectangular pupil.

62. A horse has 18 more bones than a human.

63. Giraffes have the largest heart and the highest blood pressure of any land animal.

64. Giraffes have a completely black tongue, the length of which can reach up to 45 cm.

65. The blood temperature of Antarctic fish can reach -1.7 degrees Celsius.

66. The heart of a whale beats only 9 times a minute.

67. The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.

68. The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly. In addition, it is the only bird that walks standing.

69. In the Falkland Islands there are 350 sheep (700,000) per inhabitant (2000), and in New Zealand there are 20 sheep.

70. A leaf-cutter ant can lift and move loads that weigh 50 times its own weight.

71. The mass of an elephant's brain is approximately 0.27% of its body mass.

72. A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

73. When the first batch of sparrows was brought from Europe to America in 1850, the Americans were so happy that they fed them all to death.

74. One ostrich egg can make eleven and a half servings of omelettes.

75. An adult whale inhales 2400 liters of air in 2 seconds.

76. If a bat heard its cry, with which it locates, unreflected, it would go deaf. Therefore, before emitting a locating cry, the mouse makes a squeak, which causes the muscles of the hearing aid to tense, and it perceives a loud cry normally.

77. Each bee hive contains 20 - 60 thousand bees. The queen bee lays almost 1,500 eggs per day and lives up to two years. Drones, whose only job is to help the queen, live up to 24 days and do not have a stinger. Worker bees (all sterile females) - usually work until death (about 40 days), collecting pollen and nectar.

78. There are 321 species of hummingbirds in the world (for example: sword-billed, ruby, ruby-headed, sappho, angel, long-tailed, topaz, racket-tailed, giant (swallow-sized)

79. An iguana can stay underwater for up to 28 minutes.

80. A zebra is white with black stripes, not the other way around.

81. There are approximately 500 zoos in the world.

82. There are more muscles in the caterpillar’s ​​body than in the human body.

83. Belize is the only country in the world where jaguars are protected by law.

84. A rat can go without water longer than a camel.

85. A tit feeds its chicks a thousand times per day.

86. In ancient Egypt, the main pests of fields were considered not beetles or even locusts, but... hippos.

87. The female armadillo has a unique ability. In stressful situations, it can delay childbirth for up to two years.

88. When attacking their prey, sharks close their eyes so that the struggling prey does not injure them.

89. A skunk cannot bite and smell at the same time.

90. Mola Mola fish (or ocean sunfish), lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at a time.

91. The speed of movement of the snail is about 1.5 mm/sec.

92. A male emperor moth can sense and find a female of his own species from a distance of two kilometers.

93. A tiger has five toes on its front paws, and four on its hind paws. Tiger claws reach a length of 8-10 cm.

94. A species of starfish called Lunckia columbiae can reproduce its entire body from a 1-centimeter-long particle.

95. Due to a mechanism that reflects light back to the retina, tigers' night vision is six times better than that of humans.

96. Snakes can sleep for 3 years in a row without eating anything.

97. A flea can jump 33 cm in one jump. If people had the same jumping ability, a person could jump 213 meters!

98. About 4,000 species of frogs and toads are known on Earth.

99. Due to a mechanism that reflects light back to the retina, tigers' night vision is six times better than that of humans.

100. Hippos, after elephants, are the most heavy mammals Earth. Their weight can reach 4 tons.

Despite the large number documentaries O wildlife, we still know very few details about the habits and characteristics of the animal world of our planet. Interesting facts about wild animals, sometimes can completely change our understanding of this or that representative of the wild fauna. It is often very difficult to believe that such amazing and diverse animals could arise as a result of a natural evolutionary process. Interesting ones reveal not only the unique characteristics of little-studied organisms, but also shed light on new aspects of the life of animals known from childhood. Interesting facts about wild animals collected in this collection will tell you a lot of new and interesting things:

— There are about 6,000 species of reptiles, but every year scientists discover new species.

— There are about 70,000 species of spiders and 3,000 species of lice in the world.

— The fastest bird in the world is the ostrich. He runs at speeds of up to 70 km/h.

— Hippopotamus sweat contains red and orange pigments that absorb ultraviolet light and acts on its skin like sunscreen.

“Camels only spit if you make them angry.”

— Crabs are the size of a pea—that’s what they’re called, Pea crabs.

— The lifespan of 75% of wild birds is no more than six months.

— On our planet there are more than a million species of wild and.

— Tigers, well known to everyone, have interesting feature pigmentation - striped colors are not only their hairline, but also the skin itself. In addition, tabby cats have five toes on the front limbs and four on the hind limbs.

— Tiger claws reach a length of approximately 10 cm.

— Giraffes have the biggest heart among land animals.

— In giraffes, the length of the tongue can reach 45 cm.

— The heart of a whale beats 9 times per minute.

— A zebra is white with black stripes, not the other way around.

— The bats They are the only mammals capable of flight.

— Dolphins have names. And each baby dolphin gets his name at birth. Scientists proved this fact by recording a whistle signal meaning a name, to which the same dolphin responded.

— There are more muscles in the body of any caterpillar than in the human body.

— The wild animals that can go the longest without drinking are not camels. These are rats. Keep this in mind if you want to starve the thirsty rats in your basement.

— Porcupine cubs are already able to climb a tree an hour after birth.

— A tit feeds its chicks at least a thousand times in 48 hours.

“Koala” means “don’t drink” in the Australian Aboriginal language. Eating eucalyptus, the koala receives all the necessary moisture from its leaves, and drinks water only occasionally - during periods of drought or during illness.

— When attacking a prey, sharks close their eyes so that the prey does not injure them when resisting.

— Snakes can sleep for 3 years in a row without eating anything.

— Birth control pills work on gorillas.

— Crocodiles swallow stones to dive deeper into the water.

— Sharks are immune to cancer.