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These are some amazing animal facts for one and all and specially for children. Animal facts is a part of the educative years of every child, and depending on the child’s quest for knowledge, one can explore varied areas of finding more and more information.

1. A bear can run at the speed of up to 48 kilometers per hour (30 miles per hour).
2. A cat’s tail points straight upwards when subjected to an electric current of a minimum of 50 volts.
3. A crocodile is unable to stick out its tongue.
4. A hippopotamus is capable of remaining under water for a maximum of 30 minutes.
5. A Woodpecker is capable of pecking up to 20 times per second.
6. All earthworms have five pairs of hearts.
7. All polar bears are left handed animals.
8. At birth the weight of a blue baby whale is up to 7 tons.
9. Baby hippopotamuses are born under-water.
10. Beavers are bale to hold their breath underwater for a record of 45 minutes at a stretch.
11. Both, the skin and fur of the tigers is striped.
12. Each ear of a cat contains 32 muscles.
13. Elephants spend up to 23 hours in a day eating.
14. In order to protect their eyes from the blowing sands, all camels have three eyelids.
15. In order to strain the water out of their food, the flamingoes prefer eating with their heads upside down.
16. Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet into the air.
17. The ancestors of the kangaroos lived in trees.
18. The butterflies taste their food with their feet, which is where their taste sensors exist.
19. The Chameleon can look at two objects in the opposite directions at a time. This is because each eye focuses separately.
20. The flap of the skin between the toes is used by the flying frog to glide in the air.
21. The Humming Bird is the smallest bird in the world and weighs about 1 gram.
22. The length of the chameleon’s tongue equals the length of its body.
23. The maximum lifespan of a frog used to be 40 years.
24. The only animal that cannot jump is the elephant.
25. The only two animals that cannot walk backwards are emus and kangaroos.
26. The snakes can also see through their eyelids.
27. The tongue of a giraffe is blue and can extend to more than 40cm.
28. There are eight varying species of tree kangaroos.

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