The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth
A zebra is white with black stripes
If an octopus is hungry enough, it will eat its own arms
When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone
Insects consume 10% of the world's food supply every year
The sapodilla tree of Central America is the source of chicle, which is what puts the chew in chewing gum
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food
Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitos and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving wings
