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Sonnenberg's Science Scoop Our studies have brought us to the study of the Classification of Living Things. So therefore, I bring you a "scoop" with an ANIMAL theme! * this week's facts provided by www.firstscience.com*
Like mammals, birds and other animals hatched from eggs also
have belly buttons. Their belly buttons are connected to a yolk sack before
they hatch whereas in mammals, navels are connected to the placenta.
Owls, like many nocturnal animals, can't move their eyes
inside their sockets. Instead, their head has the ability to rotate 270
degrees to aid their vision.
It was not until about 600 million years ago that we find
fossils that are recognizably animals, plants, or fungi.
The most poisonous animals in the world are the arrow frogs
from Central and South America.
Gorillas are the largest living primates - the family of
animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans. A mature male gorilla can be
over 6 feet tall and weigh 300 to 500 pounds. He can spread his arms 8 feet
across and is as strong as 4 to 8 strong men. Adult female gorillas are
about half the size of the males.
A goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and
ultraviolet light.
Elephants are the largest animals that live on land.
Beetles are the strongest animals on Earth relative to their
size. A rhinoceros beetle can carry 850 times its own weight in its back.
By 1972, biologists believed black-footed ferrets to be
extinct. Then in 1981, a dog killed an unusual animal on a ranch in Wyoming.
The rancher took it to a taxidermist who recognized it as a black-footed
ferret.
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