Dolphins are the only mammals that are born tail first instead of head first

For every human killed by sharks 2 million sharks have been killed by humans

The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimetres each yea

A rainbow can only occur when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon

Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don t drift away from each othe

Cockroaches can go without eating for three months as long as they have wate

The rings of Saturn are made up of primarily water ice with particles or rock

Elephants can move their skin to crush mosquitoes between their rolls of skin

Penguins cannot walk backwards They are too top heavy and would just fall down

In its entire lifetime the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey

A mockingbird has been known to change its tune 87 times over a one minute span

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts salt water to fresh wate

Grizzly bears can run faster than horses and can maintain the speed indefinitely

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off it dies from starvation

It would take 27 000 spiders each spinning a single web to produce a pound of we