ANIMAL KINGDOM DETAILS

GOATS AND SHEEP HAVE RECTANGULAR PUPILS

THAT ALLOW THEM TO SEE ALMOST A FULL

360 DEGREES AROUND THEM.

IT MIGHT TAKE A LONG TIME FOR A GIANT CLAM TO

FIND A SPOT TO CALL HOME ON A REEF, BUT ONCE IT DOES

IT WON’T MOVE FROM THERE FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.

A KOMODO DRAGONS SALIVA CONTAINS MORE THAN

FIFTY TYPES OF BACTERIA. ANIMALS BITTEN BY IT WILL

DIE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FROM BLOOD POISONING,

IF THEY AREN’T EATEN FIRST THAT IS.

PANDAS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF TWELVE HOURS PER

DAY EATING AND MUST CONSUME TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS

OF BAMBOO DAILY TO FULFIL THEIR DIETARY NEEDS.

AFRICAN ELEPHANTS HOLD THE RECORD FOR THE

LONGEST PREGNANCY AMONG ALL MAMMALS;

THEY STAY PREGNANT FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS.

THE FLYING SNAKE CAN GLIDE IN THE AIR FOR

DISTANCES UP TO 330 FEET AND CAN EVEN MAKE

TURNS IN THE AIR.

GALAPAGOS TORTOISES LIVE ON AVERAGE OVER 150

YEARS AND SLEEP FOR SIXTEEN HOURS A DAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THEY CAN GO A YEAR WITHOUT

FOOD OR WATER.

THE TINY GOLDEN POISON DART FROG IS ABOUT TWO

INCHES LONG BUT HIDES IN HIS LITTLE BODY ENOUGH

VENOM TO KILL TEN GROWN MEN.