Fun Facts: Amazing Animals

When a giraffe’s baby is born it falls from a height of 9 feet, normally without being hurt.

Cockroaches have a high tolerance to radiation and are the most likely creature to survive a nuclear war.

Fleas can jump 80 times their own height and 150 times their own length.

The average slug can stretch itself out to 11 times its body length.

Rabbits have been known to reach speeds of 44 mph.

Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades.

An albatross can fly all day and not flap its wings once.

A mole can dig over 250 feet of tunnel in a single night.

Snails can sleep for three years without eating.

A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds.