Animal Fun Facts

Animal Fun Facts

By: AustinZiance

Scorpions

Facts about Scorpions

• There are about 1,200 species of scorpions, most of them concentrated on warm areas of land including Africa.

• The largest scorpion is the Emperor scorpion. It is about 18 cm. (7 in.) long. The smallest scorpion is about 1.3 cm (0.5 in.) long.

• The oldest fossil scorpion is 400 million years old and looks exactly like modern species.

Sharks

Facts about Sharks

• Sharks can generate up to 40,000 pounds per square inch of pressure in a single bite.

• Sharks are not color blind. Divers think they like the “Yummy Yellow” color of some wetsuits.

• Sharks sometimes use heartbeats to track their preys. They would have electricity-sensing nodules that are called ampallae of Lorenzini.

Roadrunner

Facts about Roadrunner

• Roadrunners can fly, but they prefer to stay on the ground.

• Roadrunners mostly eat scorpions, lizards, insects, rodents, snakes, and other birds as their prey.

• Did you know that roadrunners kill and eat RATTLESNAKES!?

Salamander

Facts about Salamanders

• Only two species of salamanders can grow up to 5 feet long.• The name “Salamander” comes

from the Greek word for Fire Lizard.• Did you know that salamanders are

nocturnal?

Rhinoceros

Facts about a Rhinoceros

• There are five living species of rhinos- black, white, greater one-horned, Javan, and Sumatran.

• The longest Rhinoceros horn recorded and measured is 60 inches long.

• The closest living relative to the rhinoceros are tapirs, zebras and horses.

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