Sunday, October 23, 2011
Bet You Didn't Know.......
Bet you didn't know....... Sharks
1. A shortfin
mako shark
can leap higher
than a
giraffe's head.
2. A whales
shark's
mouth is
almost as
wide as a
car.
3. The great
white shark
has the
largest
teeth of any
living shark.
4. Some
sharks can
smell blood
about a half a
mile away.
5. You are more
likely to win American
Idol than to be killed
by a shark.
6. A spiny
dogfish
shark can
live more than
100 years.
Information by national geographic kids
Monday, July 25, 2011
Bet You Didn't Know.......
Bet you didn't know......... Spiders
1. Golden Silk
orb-weaver spiders
vibrate their webs
to distract predators.
2. After a large meal,
a tarantula
may not eat
for another month.
3. Black widow spiders
are more venomous
than rattlesnakes.
4. Crab spiders
change color to
blend in with
their surroundings.
5. There are more than
37,000 species
of spiders.
6. A spider eats
about 2,000
insects a year.
7. The
oldest known
spider fossils
are more than
30 million
years old.
8. A pound of
spider silk
could strech
around the Equator.
Information by National geographic kids
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