| A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs but suckles its young on milk once they have hatched |
| There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history |
| 35 meters of hair fibre is produced every day on the average adult scalp |
| About 85% of the plant life on earth is in the oceans |
| To make just one pound of honey, bees must collect nectar from over two million seperate flowers |
| Cuban bee hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird, only 57 mm (2ΒΌ in) long and half of this is tail and bill. It weighs less than 2 g and is the smallest warm-blooded animal |
| The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs, covering a meter a second |
| Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants |
| Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants |
| The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb, the survivor being the baby shark that is born |