Natural Fact

The Natural World Facts

Did you Know…?

^*_ You share your birthday with around eighteen million other people in the world.

^*_ Snails can sleep for up to three years

^*_ Donkeys kill more people in the world every year than plane crashes.

^*_ The Arctic Tern, a bird which lives in North America and the Arctic, flies to the Antarctic every year-a journey of about forty thousand kilometers.

^*_ There are at least ten thousand billion ants in the world,
but about six and a half billion human beings. That means there are around one thousand five hundred ants for every human being.

^*_ The Earth rotates at around one thousand five hundred kilometers per hour.

^*_ Because of the earth’s rotation, you can throw a ball further if you throw it west.

^*_ Elephants can’t jump, pigs can’t look up at the sky and kangaroos can’t walk backwards.

^*_ Africa is the only continent in the world that doesn’t have an active volcano.

^*_ Dogs can’t see colors. Guide dogs watch the traffic to see when it is safe to cross – they can’t see the difference between red and green traffic light.

^*_ Chimpanzees can’t talk but they can learn sign language. 

Some chimps learn up to two hundred and forty different signs.

^*_ About ten per cent of people in the world are left-handed. Studies show that dogs and cat also prefer to use either their right or left paws. So check if you have a right or left-handed pet!

^*_ The average person eats around 8 kilos of dirt during their life