Mosquito outnumber every other animal in the world, apart from ants and termites. They can also be found in nearly every part of the world, which all add up in the risk they pose to humans. Bottlenose dolphins were used in both the Vietnam and the Gulf to detect enemy swimmers trying to plant explosives on ships. 32

Larabee FJ, Smith AA, Suarez A V. Snap-jaw morphology is specialized for high-speed power amplification in the Dracula ant, Mystrium camillae. R Soc Open Sci. 2018;5(12). doi:10.1098/rsos.181447 However, on average, puppies and kittens scored higher on the cuteness scale than humans. And, if you ask me, for good reason. Scientists believe that the powerful nurturing instinct we have for our own children spills over into an affection for anything that even loosely resembles them. Incredibly, in a zero oxygen environment, the Naked Mole-Rat can still survive for up to 20-minutes without suffering any harm at all.From the tip of one claw to the other can be as long as almost 4m! Japanese spider crabs have 10 legs stretching out from a central body, giving it its spider like appearance. They live deep in the oceans south of Japan. They often do this when retreating away from flowers. 3 5. Dolphins use toxic pufferfish to ‘get high’. They are small at just 30–45cm and are known as spiny anteaters. One of the few egg-laying mammals, echidna lay a tiny egg which is then transferred into a kangaroo-like pouch where it then hatches. To put that in perspective, that’s bigger than a bus. 8 13. The pangolin is able to roll up into an armour-plated ball, so lions can’t eat them. New to Hogrefe, Animal Fun is an effective, evidence-based programme to help children ages 3 to 6 years improve their gross and fine motor skills and social skills. Interactive, exploratory and non-competitive, Animal Fun is ideally suited to school, nursery, and group settings for use by educators and allied health professionals.

Animal Fun is an early childhood programme that focuses on improving both gross and fine motor skills as well as social emotional development in young children. Research informs us that the physical and mental health of young children is in decline. There are many tools available to assess children and determine areas of strength and weakness, but we wanted to take one step further and find a solution to any areas of concern that may arise following assessment. Our hope is that if children with motor or social emotional development issues are identified early enough that an early intervention programme such as Animal Fun will help them to improve and reach their full potential. Great white sharks can detect a drop of blood in 25 gallons (100 litres) of water and can even sense tiny amounts of blood from 3 miles (5 km) away. C. Choi (2007). “A nuclear war may not trouble them, but does decapitation?”, via Scientific American.

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Tigers have been witnessed to have been shot, bled out, and died – and remained standing throughout. 49. A R hinoceros‘s horns are made of ‘keratin’, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails. The largest insect to ever live was a “ dragonfly” with a wingspan of over 75cm (2 and a half feet) across. They were worshiped in Ancient Egypt and some historians report that it was illegal to kill a cat. 86. Emperor penguins are the world’s biggest penguins, and they trek 50–120 km (31–75 m) across the Antarctic to reach breeding colonies. Or the various activities can be used right throughout the day as mini movement breaks, for everyday routines and rituals such as going to the bathroom – instead of walking why not pretend to be a Kangaroo Hopping? There are also lots of ideas for different fine motor tasks which will help children with their handwriting and pencil grip. They are an all female species, as they are ‘parthenogenetic’, meaning it can reproduce without males. Around 70 species in the world have shown this behaviour, including some crabs, snails and the Komodo dragon. 101. There are an estimated 8.7 million species on earth and more than 80% of them are undiscovered.