Find a Fact A - Z

Find A fact about an animal name the animal and then give A fact .the animals go A-Z. When we reach Z, we will start again back at the letter A.

A: Ant

Fact: The legs of an ant are very strong, so they can run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.

B: beluga


Fact: As soon as her baby is born, the mother mates again. Every fifth year she takes a year off from childbearing.

C: Cow

The first cow in America arrived in Jamestown colony in 1611.

D: Diana monkey



Fact: They never desend to the ground. They live in the tops of trees.

Y: Yak

Fact: More than 12 million of them can be found in five Himalayan countries.

sesrocker wrote:Y: Yak

Fact: More than 12 million of them can be found in five Himalayan countries.

The letter E comes after D.

Sorry. I'm an idiot. I was thinking of something else when I was typing...

E: Elephant

The largest land mammal.

F: Fer-De-Lance



Fact: It is one of the largest and most venomous members of the rattlesnake family. The young are venomous at birth, already equipped with well-developed fangs.

G: Giraffe

Fact: A giraffe is one of the animals who is born with a horn.

H: Hylochere




Fact: It is the biggest of the wild boars.

I: Ibex

Fact: Nubian ibex, one of eight species of goats, has a stocky, buff-colored body, with blackish chest and upper forelegs, dark leg markings, whitish underside, dark convex head and concave pads on the hooves.

J: Jumping Hare




Fact: The jumping hare is hard to observe because it is shy and comes out only at night.

K: Kangaroo

Fact: They belong to the Macropodidae family.

L: Lammergeier




Fact: It has the habit of carrying large bones into the air and dropping them onto the rocks. The lammergeier loves bone marrow.

M: Mongoose

Fact: They normally have brown or gray grizzled fur, and a number of species sport striped coats or ringed tails.

N: Norway Lobster




Fact: Unlike other crustaceans, the Norway lobster never allows algae or other plant growth to collect on its carapace.

O: Octopus

Fact: It belongs to the same group as chitons, abalone, snails, limpets, scallops, oysters, clams and mussels.

P: Pileated Woodpecker



Fact: It is one of American woodpeckers that has a crested head.

Q: Quail

Fact: The California Quail is the state bird of California.

R: Russian Blue Cat




Fact: The origin of this breed is not known for certain.

spotted hyena


The hyena is Africa's most common large carnivore

T: Titi




Fact: Instead of holding tightly to a vertical branch as most primitive monkeys do, the titi rests by perching on a horizontal branch, its feet and hands together, and its long tail hanging straight down.

-salmon-

they only spawn once then die shortly after.

U: Urania Moth


Fact: They are able to adjust their eyes to the intensity of the light.

Vulture..

Facts: feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals

W- wolf

Fact- i know only i land animal with w , just kidding

Fact - There are 1,500 to
2,000 wolves in Minnesota, 6,000 to 10,000 in Alaska and 40,000 to
50,000 wolves in Canada, according to the biologists. They are
certainly not in danger of extinction.

X: Xerus




Fact: The xerus is an African ground squirrel. There are four species.

y = yak

fact =What are they used for? Uses include breeding stock, cross-breeding stock, pack and draught animals, wool, hide, milk and meat production.

Z: Zebu




Fact: The zebu is a kind of domestic cattle that descended from the wild aurochs.

A- African Elephant

Fact -Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.

B: Bearded Lizard




Fact: They run on their hind legs, leaning forward, and balancing with their long tail.

C- Chimpanzee

Fact - Noisy and curious,inteligent,social,the chimpanzee is the mammal most like a human.Chimpanzees fascinate humans and are favourites both in zoos and the wild

D: Douroucouli




Fact: It is the only completely nocturnal monkey. They are found in all the American tropical rain forests.

E- Eagle

Fact - They mate for life. The female may lay from one to three eggs and raises one brood (group) a year. If these eggs are destroyed the female may lay more eggs. It takes four weeks for an eagle egg to hatch. Eaglets grow slowly and need a large amount of food.

fox

fact- Fox species include the red fox, the gray fox, the arctic fox, the kit fox and the fennec fox.

lion

fact-Lions are family animals and truly social in their own communities. They usually live in groups of 15 or more animals called prides. Prides can be as small as 3 or as big as 40 animals

horse
fact-One of the first horses was called a Hyracotherium. It lived about 50 million years ago and was as tall as a fox. It had toes! This horse changed over millions of years to become a modern horse

Rat
Fact-Rats have poor vision. To compensate for this, a red or pink eyed rat will often weave its head side to side to add "motion" to see better. They also don't see in color.

jackal
fact-jackals are noisy.Family or pack members communictae with each other by a screaming yell and yapping or a siren like howl when a kill is located.

koala
fact - they carry their baby on their pocket like a kangaroo

Guys and girls, we need to stay in order A - Z.
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L: Leopard Seal or Sea Leopard




Fact: It is the only seal that regularly preys on warm-blooded animals (fish, penguins, birds, and seals). They live around the Antarctic.

Mako shark(shortfin)

The shortfin mako shark can is the fastest shark in the ocean waters. It uses muscles that are warm to speed up and it ranges from 10-15 ft.

O-orca

they are big

P=penguin



Fact:It can't fly

Q: Quokka

Fact: It is a wallaby. The hind legs of the quokka are much shorter than those of other wallabies.

Roly-Poly


Fact: They are small bugs that roll into a ball when you poke them


(also known as pill bugs : http://i.pbase.com/v3/95/523795/2/49178757.DSC_8364.jpg -pic)

S=Sea Snake


Fact:Adults of most species grow to between 4-5 ft in length, with the largest, the Yellow Bellied Sea Snake, reaching a maximum of 10 ft
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Picture of Yellow Bellied Sea Snake

zbx wrote:S=Sea Snake


Fact:Adults of most species grow to between 4-5 ft in length, with the largest, the Yellow Bellied Sea Snake, reaching a maximum of 10 ft
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Picture of Yellow Bellied Sea Snake

Stay in order.

S: swamp deer

Fact: The native Indians of South America prepare several kinds of medicines from the antlers of the swamp deer.

Sorry I see that the facts were about sea snakes.

I'm sorry about the misunderstanding.


T=Tasmanian devil



Fact: The Tasmanian Devil is a carnivorous marsupial now found in the wild only in the Australian island state of Tasmania. It's about the size of a small dog and is an endangered species.