30 Fascinating Facts and Discoveries About the Natural World

🌎. Ants never sleep, also they don't have lungs.

🌎. The Flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.

🌎. An eagle eyes are at least four times sharper than a human's.

🌎. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the Chow.

🌎. The Pangolin is able to roll up into an armour-plated ball, so lions can't eat them.

🌎. The wood frog spends 7 months of the year frozen.

🌎. Certain species of the amynthas worm, in US, can jump and detach their tails when disturbed.

🌎. Narwhals are known as the unicorn of the sea and their tusk is actually a tooth on the outside.

🌎. Echidnas are one of the few toothless animals on the planet.

🌎. Hummingbirds are the only known birds that are able to fly backwards.

🌎. All Sloths are colour-blind, can only see poorly in dim light and are completely blind in bright daylight.

🌎. A snail 🐌 can sleep for three years.

🌎. The most venomous fish in the world is the 30cm Stonefish.

🌎. The Yangtze giant soft shell turtle 🐢 is the biggest freshwater turtle in the world.

🌎. The Beaver's teeth never stop growing. Chewing on tree trunks and branches helps keep the teeth from getting too long.

🌎. A scorpion can hold its breath for one week.

🌎. The chameleon can rotate and focus its eyes separately to look at two different objects at the same time.

🌎. The tallest tree in the world is the coast redwood, which can reach heights of over 380 feet.

🌎. The largest living organism in the world is a fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, which covers 2,200 acres in Oregon.

🌎. The oldest living organism in the world is a bristlecone pine tree named Methuselah, which is estimated to be over 4,800 years old.

🌎. The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.

🌎. The longest living mammal is the bowhead whale, which can live up to 200 years.

🌎. The largest living bird is the ostrich, which can weigh up to 345 pounds and reach a height of 9 feet.

🌎. The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 0.1 ounce and is about 2 inches long.

🌎. The largest living reptile is the saltwater crocodile, which can grow up to 23 feet in length and weigh over 2,000 pounds.

🌎. The smallest reptile in the world is the dwarf gecko, which grows to be only 0.6 inches long.

🌎. The largest living amphibian is the Chinese giant salamander, which can grow up to 6 feet in length.

🌎. The smallest amphibian in the world is the Paedophryne amauensis, a species of frog found in Papua New Guinea, which is only 7.7 mm long.

🌎. The largest living fish is the whale shark, which can grow up to 40 feet in length and weigh over 20,000 pounds.

🌎. The smallest fish in the world is the Paedocypris fish, which grows to be only 7.9 mm long.

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