Facts About Animals

• The chameleon has a tongue that is 1.5 times the length of its body!
• The blue whale, the largest animal to have ever existed, is 96 feet long and weights 125 tons. This is as much as 4 large dinosaurs (Brontosauri), 23 elephants, 230 cows or 1800 men.
• Hummingbirds flap their wings between 50 and 70 times a second!
• The smallest is that of the hummingbird. It is less than 0.39 inches in diameter.
• The largest egg laid by a living bird is that of the North African Ostrich. It is 6 to 8 inches in length and 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 
• Cows can sleep standing up.
• Salamanders breath through their skin.
• Giraffes have black tongues.

• A giraffe’s tongue can measure 21 inches.
• A goldfish can live up to 40 years.