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Longest lifespan

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Giant tortoise 150 years

Longer than blue whale

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Fastest flying bird

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Peregrine falcon
Dives at 200 mph
Found on every continent except antarctica

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Smallest mammal

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Bumblebee bat
Lives on river kwai in Thailand
1.2 inches

Sometimes considered to be Savi’s pygmy shrew

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Most poisonous spider

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Brazilian wandering spider

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Only bird that can fly backwards or upside down

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Hummingbird

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Animal with highest blood pressure

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Giraffe, because of long neck

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Largest known ant colony

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3700 miles

North Italy to Atlantic spain

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Largest of Great apes

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Mountain gorilla

Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire

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Organ accounts for 30% sharks body mass

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Liver - filled with oil for buoyancy, unlike fish which have gas filled swim bladder

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Bottlenose dolphins have been taught to

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Guard nuclear arsenal’s, find enemy swimmers, locate underwater mines

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Animal with strongest bite

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Hippo

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What colour is spiders blood

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Blue - contains hemicyanin containing copper

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Kangaroo rat can go it’s whole life without…

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Drinking water - get it from metabolising seeds

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Squirrels can be dropped from what height without dying

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Any - can survive terminal velocity

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Closest living relative of crocodiles

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Birds - common ancestor archosaur

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Only dog breed that can’t bark

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Basenji - African hunting dog

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Which turtle can’t retract into its shell

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Sea turtle

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How do geckos stick to walls

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Microscopic hair get so close to contours that van der waals forces kick in

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A rodents what never stop growing

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Teeth

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Collective nouns for alligators

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Congregation

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Dog sweats through which body part

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Paws

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Which animals stripes are on skin as well as fur

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Tiger

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What colour is polar bears skin

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Black

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What are horns of rhino made from

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Hair

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Only mammal that can't jump
Elephant
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Animal can move its eyes independently
Chameleon
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How do snakes smell
Their tongue
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Largest snake
Anaconda
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Largest frog
Goliath frog
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What is axolotl
Water dwelling salamander | Doesn't undergo metamorphosis
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Which amphibian has a tail
Salamander
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Collective nouns for frogs
Army, colony, knot
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Most poisonous frog
Golden dart frog
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Which butterfly migrates
Monarchs
35
How many eyes do caterpillars have
12
36
First living creature to be sent to space
Fruit flies in v2 rocket
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How many stages of metamorphosis do most insects go through
4
38
Which us president kept raccoons in white house
Calvin Coolidge
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Collective nouns for parrots
Pandemonium
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Only type of animal with ability to live forever
Type of jellyfish
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Where are butterflies taste buds
In feet
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Which animal can only eat upside down
Flamingoes
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How many brains does octopus have
9
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Colour of newborn flamingoes
White then grey
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Two mammals that lay eggs
Anteater and duck billed platypus
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Collective nouns elephants
Parade
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Collective nouns giraffes
Tower
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Collective nouns camels
Caravan
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Collective nouns owls
Parliament
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Collective nouns porcupines
Prickle
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Where does frog respire
Skin - needs to be kept moist
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Thickest fur of any mammal
Sea otter
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Female elephant
Cow
54
Female zebra
Mare
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Which bird can't move their eyeballs
Owls
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Collective nouns kittens
Kindle
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Oldest surviving mammal species
Echidna and platypus (monotremes) fossils from 220m years ago
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Animal with shortest pregnancy
Opossum- 18 days
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Which Paul McCartney sing was about a dog
Martha my dear
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Which film is 'I gotta go, we got cows' from
Twister
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Where does name hippopotamus come from
Horse of the river in ancient greek
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Camelopard is old English name for which animal
Giraffe
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In Puerto Rico, children leave grass under their bed at Christmas for which animal
Camel
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What animal does mohair come from
Angora goat
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Where do demersal fish live
Near bottom of sea
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Only animal that can stand on its tail
Kangaroo
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What is the domestic cavy
Guinea pig
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Which honeybees can mate with queen
Drones
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What us horse with reo different coloured patches
Piebald
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What type of animal is karakul
Sheep
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Leveret are babies of which animal
Hare

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