ANIMALS By Lily Hughes

TARSIERS
Facts
- Tarsiers can turn there heads a full 180
degrees
- Each eyeball is around 16 millimeters in
diameter, which is as large as the tarsier’s
entire brain
- The eyes are so large, they can’t rotate so
they have a neck that do the work Statistics
- Tarsiers are carnivorous animals (meat- - There are 7 extant species of tarsiers, all similar in size,
eaters). Their diet consists mainly of morphology, and ecology. They are all small, nocturnal,
insects, but they can also eat small birds, carnivorous primates specialized for leaping and
bats, lizards and snakes. clinging.
- Tarsier species are all highly arboreal and are found
primarily in tropical, forested habitats with dense vertical
growth.
- Tarsiers are small primates, weighing 80 to 150 g
 OKAPI
Facts
- Okapi is the only living relative
of the giraffe
- Okapi's tongue is 18 inches long
and it can reach both its eyes
and ears.
- Pregnancy lasts between 14 and
16 months and it ends with one
calf.
Statistics
- Average lifespan of the okapi is
between 20 and 30 years.
- Female okapi vocalizes when she
is ready for the mating.
- Only male okapis have horns
which are covered with skin.
 NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT

Facts
- The common wombat spends most of its time
alone, while the hairy-nosed wombat can live
with up to 12 other wombats in its burrow.
- Wombats are small marsupials that look like a
cross between a bear, a pig and a gopher.
- All wombat species live in Australia and Statistics
Tasmania in mountains, forests and grasslands - Hairy-nosed wombat weighs 42 to
71 lbs
- Some tunnels in a burrow can
reach up to 650 feet
- Some wombats have several
separate burrows that they live in
throughout the year
 SEYCHELLES SHEATH-TAILED BAT
Facts
- The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is one
of the world’s rarest mammals
- Head-body length: 55 – 65 mm
- These small bats are a reddish-brown
color with paler underparts

Statistics
- Total numbers are thought to range
between 30 and 100 individuals
- Females weigh 11.1 g and males
weigh 10.2g
 GOLDEN TIGER
Facts
- Golden Tabby Tiger is usually considerably
larger than the average Bengal Tiger
- When two of these golden tigers are mated with
one another, the offspring may be white, since
this variety of tiger carries the gene for White
Tigers.
- The Golden Tabby Tiger is, to the best of
modern knowledge
Statistics
The cubs weighed around
1.5 kilograms and
measured approximately
30 centimeters in length
 DOLPHIN
Fact
- Dolphins are carnivores. Fish, squid and
crustaceans are included in their list of
prey. A 260-pound dolphin eats about 33
pounds of fish a day.
- Nearly 40 species of dolphins swim the
waters of the world. Most live in shallow
areas of tropical and temperate oceans,
and five species live in rivers.
Statistic
- Dolphins are very social, living in
groups that hunt and even play
together. Large pods of dolphins can
have 1,000 members or more.
- Depending on the species, gestation
takes nine to 17 months.
 PANDA

Facts
- About 2,000 pandas are found in the wild
- 99% of a Panda's diet consists of bamboo
- Young elephants, pandas, koalas, and hippos
eat the feces of their mothers
Statistic
- Pandas can poop up to four times a day
- The life span of an actual adult panda in the
wild is 20 years old
- Female pandas are only fertile up to 3 days
 CHICKEN
Facts
- With 25 billion chickens in the world,
there are more of them than any other
bird species
- Female chickens are pullets until
they're old enough to lay eggs and
become hens
- Baby chickens are chicks

Statistic
-The chicken was the first bird to have
its genome sequenced, in 2004
highly pathogenic form of the disease
can kill off 90 to 100 percent of birds
in a flock in just 48 hours
POLAR BEAR
Facts
- Polar bears are found in countries that ring
the Arctic Circle
- Polar bears are the largest and longest
species of bear. Males can measure up to
10 feet (3 meters) when standing on their
hind legs
- Polar bear’s fur is made of clear, hollow
tubes filled with air.
Statistic
- Scientists believe that the polar bear
evolved from a common brown bear
ancestor about 200,000 years ago.
- They can swim at speeds of up to 6
miles per hour (8 knots). In fact, their
taxonomic name means “sea bear.”
ZEBRA
Fact
- Our planet is home to three different
species of zebra, the plains
zebra, Grevy’s zebra and mountain
zebra, all three species are native to
Africa.
- The skin of a zebra is black

Statistic
- Zebras are very fast-moving animals,
and can reach speeds of up to 65kmph
when galloping across the plains.
- . Zebras weigh anywhere from 400 to
850 pounds, depending on the species
GIRAFFE
Facts
- Giraffes are the tallest mammals on
Earth
- A giraffe's neck is too short to reach
the ground
- Giraffes only need to drink once
every few days
Statistic
- They can run as fast as 35 miles an
hour over short distances, or cruise
at 10 mph over longer distances
- Giraffes spend most of their lives
standing up; they even sleep and
give birth standing up
 SHARK
Facts
- Most species of shark eat things like fish,
crustaceans, mollusks, plankton, krill, marine
mammals and other sharks
- Sharks also have a very acute sense of smell
that allows them to detect blood in the water
from miles away
- Sharks belong to a family of fish that have
skeletons made of cartilage, a tissue more
flexible and lighter than bone.
Statistic
- They breathe through a series of five to seven gill
slits located on either side of their bodies
- All sharks have multiple rows of teeth, and while
they lose teeth on a regular basis, new teeth continue
to grow in and replace those they lose
 EEL
Facts
- Eels live in both saltwater and fresh water
- Even though the eel looks like a snake it is
really a fish
- Eels have gills and very sharp teeth

Statistics
- There are over 400 species of eel
- Freshwater eels are known to travel as far as
4,000 miles to breed
 JELLY FISH
Facts
- Some jellyfish can glow in the dark
- Jellyfish can clone themselves
- Some jellyfish are immortal
- Not all jellies have tentacles
Statistic
- Animals that are typically
called jellyfish belong to the phylum
Cnidaria, which includes over
10,000 species
- Jellyfish don't have brains
- Glowing jellyfish goo could power
medical devices
 DOG
Facts
- Dogs and cats both slurp water
the same way
- Your dog's whiskers help him
“see” in the dark
- Dogs only have sweat glands in
their paws

Statistics
- Your dog is as smart as a 2-
year-old toddler
- On average, a dog's mouth
exerts 320 pounds of pressure
 CLOWN FISH
Facts
- Clownfish lives in the warm water, near
the coral reefs
- Clownfish are also known as
"anemonefish" because they live in
community with sea anemones
- Percula clownfish is a type of clownfish
which introduces itself to the anemone
by performing a dance
Statistic
- There are 28 different species
of clownfish that inhabit Indian and
Pacific oceans, Red Sea and
Australian Great Barrier Reef
- Clownfish are small in size. They can
reach between 2 and 5 inches in
length
 CAT
Facts
- Cats can drink seawater
- But they can't taste sweet
things
- Cats can hear dolphins
- Some cats have thumbs
Statistics
- Kittens start to dream when
they’re about a week old
- Kittens sleep a lot because their
bodies release a growth
hormone only when they’re asleep
 PENGUIN
Facts
- All 17 species of penguins are found
exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere
- Fossils place the earliest penguin relative at
some 60 million years ago
- Penguins ingest a lot of seawater while
hunting for fish, but a special gland behind
their eyes

Statistics
- Emperor Penguins are the tallest
species, standing nearly 4 feet tall
- The fastest species is the Gentoo
Penguin, which can reach
swimming speeds up to 22 mph
 ELEPHANT
Facts
- Elephants are the largest land animals in
the world
- Only one mammal can’t jump — the
elephant
- Elephants have a highly developed brain
and the largest of all the land mammals.
The brain is 3 or 4 times larger than that
of humans although smaller as a
proportion of body weight
Statistics
- The African elephant weighed about 24,000
pounds and was 13 feet tall at the shoulder
- The average weight for an elephant heart is
about 27 to 46 pounds
- Elephants can live to be over 70 years old