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Did you know a humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute)
Did you know flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway
Did you know a cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph)
Did you know horses sleep standing up
Did you know a jellyfish is 95% water
Did you know bats are the only mammals that fly
Did you know a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through
Did you know a snail can sleep for 3 years
Did you know tigers have striped skin as well as fur
Did you know crocodiles are colour blind
Did you know a chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body
Did you know dogs sweat through the pads on their feet
Did you know hippopotamuses are born under water
Did you know bananas grow pointing upwards.
Did you know whales can't swim backwards
Did you know camels are born without humps
Did you know only female mosquitoes bite
Did you know the average porcupine has 30,000 spikes
Did you know tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food
Did you know crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river
Did you know there are more insects in the world than all other animals combined
Did you know giraffes can't swim
Did you know crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper
Did you know an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
Did you know bull's can run faster uphill than down
Did you know a shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel
Did you know a moth has no stomach
Did you know grasshoppers have white blood
Did you know it takes 4 hours to hardboil an ostrich egg
Did you know there is 200 times more gold in the world's oceans than has been mined
Did you know the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow
Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km
Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
Did you know giraffes have no vocal cords
Did you know most birds eat twice their body weight each day
Did you know a group of whales is called a pod
Did you know Kiwi birds are blind
Did you know armadillos can walk underwater
Did you know the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers
Did you know the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws
Did you know roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks
Did you know dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away
Did you know flamingos can only eat when their heada are upside down
Did you know the fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human
Did you know a female ferret is called a jill
Did you know porcupines float in water
Did you know turnips turn green when sunburnt
Did you know you can only see a rainbow if have your back to the sun
Did you know 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day
Did you know most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin
Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres
Did you know there are 2 chickens for every person
Did you know there are a million ants for every person on Earth
Did you know coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks)
Did you know avocados have the most calories of any other fruit
Did you know emus can't walk backwards
Did you know the Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons
Did you know 'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs
Did you know giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal
Did you know India has over 50 million monkeys
Did you know ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine
Did you know your foot is the most common body part bitten by insects
Did you know Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs
Did you know the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
Did you know every year the sun loses 360 million tons
Did you know the shell is 12% of an eggs weight
Did you know a squid has 10 tentacles
Did you know you're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other
Did you know the odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1
Did you know more people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined
Did you know a woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice
Did you know snakes can't blink
Did you know ants don’t like baby powder (talcum powder)
Did you know a rat can tread water for 3 days
Did you know dolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout
Did you know sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
Did you know bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes
Did you know flamingoes can live up to 80 years
Did you know the only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica
Did you know Australia has the largest sheep population
Did you know greyhounds can reach speeds of up to 67kph (42mph)
Did you know you can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36)
Did you know sharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest
Did you know greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed
Did you know when 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators
Did you know most cows produce more milk when they listen to music
Did you know elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear
Did you know giant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal
Did you know snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise)
Did you know a blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating
Did you know pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal
Did you know gorillas can't swim
Did you know house cats have 18 claws
Did you know giraffes can't cough
Did you know the Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak
Did you know deers don't like hay
Did you know shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females
Did you know the average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day
Did you know there are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos
Did you know the average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
Did you know a platypus can eat its weight in worms every day
Did you know spiders have transparent blood
Did you know mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
Did you know only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey
Did you know March 14 is 'save a spider day'
Did you know there are over 4,300 known species of ladybugs
Did you know a fly's recation time is 30 milliseconds
Did you know butterflies taste with their back feet
Did you know moths have no stomach
Did you know bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second
Did you know bees have 4 wings
Did you know the color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter)
Did you know 60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day
Did you know there are over 15,000 different kinds of rice
Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country

Did You Know? - Nature - Part 2