Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Did you know...? African Animals 2

Did you know ... gorillas and chimpanzees use thin sticks to pluck termites out of termite mounds.

Did you know ... 1000 migrating birds need wetlands to survive. Because those birds need them for hunting food.

Did you know ... ostriches are 2.8 meters tall and weigh up to 140kg.

Did you know ... yellow-billed storks have a long bill for catching fish and long legs to walk through the swamp water.

Did you know ... crocodiles make tunnels and dens for their babies to keep them away from predators.

Did you know ... wildebeest (or gnus) migrate every year 2900km. Its called The Great Migration and they do it along with zebras, gazelles, etc. 

Did you know ... African painted dogs have more possibilities to kill prey than lions or hyenas !!!



Did you know ... In the wild, reaching 53 °C in body tem perature, desert ants from the Sahara desert are heat-tolerant land animal. 

Did you know ... the Saharan silver ant can reach speeds of 1.8 km / h or 100 times their body length per second. It's fast for an ant though for a human it isn't !!!

Did you know ... the Fennec fox is the smallest species of fox, mostly found in Algeria and Tunisia. It has the same body size of a domestic cat.

Did you know ... mole rats can resist diseases such as cancer and many scientists are currently studying them to try and find a cure to cancer.

Did you know ... ostrich males can roar like lions !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Did you know ... ostriches can run faster than horses.

Did you know ... blue-eyed lemurs are the only primates with blue eyes apart from humans.


Did you know ...  the Kaa' caterpillar can kill an antelope with a bit of its venom.

Did you know ... leopards can give birth to black leopards more commonly known as black panthers.

Did you know ... the animal that can smell water from 3 miles away is the elephant.

2 comments:

  1. Interesting information I thought we were the only blue-eyed primates!!! Could you please post something about snow monkeys? 🙏🙏

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