The Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) is the fastest sea mammals. It speeds through the ocean at 45 kilometers per hour (km/hr). The killer whale hunts fish and larger mammals. It has a mouthful of pointed...
Amazing Killer Whale
Great White Sturgeon Facts
The white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus also known as the Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon, Columbia sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, and California white sturgeon. It is the largest freshwater fish in North America and...
Lice Facts
Lice (singular: louse) Pediculosis capitis or head lice.The order has traditionally been divided into two suborders, the sucking lice (Anoplura) and the chewing lice (Mallophaga)the Mallophaga are paraphyletic and four...
Crows Facts
House Crow - photo © Rajiv Lather Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals. Crows and ravens often score very...
Millipedes Facts
Millipedes / Diplopoda are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment.Most millipedes are poisonous. This protects them from being eaten. They are usually slow movers. Centipedes move faster, and only...
Centipede Facts
Centipede 'hundred legs' is the common name for any member of the arthropod class Chilopoda, comprising species with long, flattened bodies with many segments, and with one pair of jointed appendages on each segment except...
Gazelles Facts
Gazelles are known as fast animals - some are able to maintain speeds up to 60 miles per hour for long periods of time, or run at a speed of 30 mph for several miles. they can bounce off all four legs held in a rigid position,...
Chimpanzees - Amazing Facts
Chimpanzees are members of the Hominidae family, along with gorillas, humans, and orangutans. The chimpanzee is the animal that is closest to people genetically Chimpanzees are great apes that are closely related to humans. Recent...
Duiker Facts
A duiker is antelope species from the subfamily Cephalophinae native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Duiker is a tiny, shy antelope with only the males having short horns. They eat fruit, pods and seeds, roots, bark, flowers,...
Amazing Facts- The elk or wapiti
The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species of deer in the world. The elk is a large animal of the artiodactyle ungulate order, possessing an even number of toes on each foot, similar to those...
Bobcat or Lynx rufus Facts
Bobcat /Lynx rufus , sometimes called wildcats , it is smaller than the Canada lynx but is about twice as large as the domestic cat. Its tail appears to be cut or'bobbed' so named as bobcat. The bobcat is the most...
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