Did you know...? Artic/Antarctic Animals

Did you know... lots of animals that live in cold places (eg. Seals, polar bears,  etc.) have blubber to keep them warm.

Did you know... Greenland sharks can live up to 515 years.

Did you know... that Polar bears have transparent skin.

Did you know... Polar bears do not live in Antarctica. 

Did you know... Arctic foxes camouflage with their surroundings by molting its fur. It's white in winter and black-brown in summer.

Did you know... Southern Elephant seals weigh 3,500 kg and are 5m tall. They weigh more than seven grand pianos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know... female Adélie penguins travel more than 13,000km for food.

Did you know... Arctic terns can sleep while flying. Each year they migrate from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. That's equivalent to 3 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

Did you know... the Snowy owl feeds on small birds and mammals. It lives in the Arctic regions of Eurasia and North America making it the most northerly owl.

Did you know... Polar bears in Hudson Bay have territories the size of Germany!!!!

Did you know... Polar bears are the largest type of bear.

Did you know... Leopard seals attack humans for no reason making them the most dangerous type of seal.

Did you know... a Narwhal tusk is actually a tooth. Only males have tusks.

Did you know... a Musk ox's underwool is 8 times warmer than sheep wool.

Did you know... Arctic ground squirrels can survive sub-zero temperatures.

Did you know... the longest underwater dive for a bird is 32min 12s by an Emperor penguin.

Did you know... the most common type of penguin lives in the Antarctic Peninsula. There called the Macaroni penguin.

Did you know... a walrus's tusk is actually its canine tooth.

Did you know... adult Svalbard reindeer are the smallest subspecies of reindeer.