Animal Fun: Band 00/Lilac (Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds)

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Seahorses are the only species where the male experiences pregnancy and gives birth to their young. The impressive emperor penguins reach 100 cm (39 in) in length and weigh 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). They breed during winter, when they emerge from their more natural habitat in the ocean to trek long distances over treacherous ice. 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. These cube shaped jellyfish have long tentacles and can be over 3m in length. Their toxin, delivered via stinging cells in their tentacles, is so potent that many die before they can even reach the shore. 24 59. The Japanese Spider Crab has the longest leg span of any arthropod.

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. Elephants will return to the place where family members died and stand in silence over the bones, sometimes bowing their heads. 81. Meerkat parents train their offspring to hunt scorpions.

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The large quantities are often put to good use, though – manure, to fertilizer, to fuel, or biogas to create electricity and heat for developing parts of the world. 11 19. A common garden snail has 14,000 teeth. Wojtek was brought by polish shoulders while in Iran. He was made an officer so that he was allowed rations and eventually was promoted to corporal. He helped out by carrying boxes of ammunition. 78. Horned lizards shoot blood out of their eyes.

To be able to pull of this feat, they double or even triple their body weight before hibernation. During hibernation they are able to reduce their metabolic rate and the animal may stop breathing for periods of up to an hour at a time. 18 52. Japanese Macaques play with snowballs for fun. 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.Squirrels often forget where they plant their nuts, and it is estimated that millions of trees in the world have been accidentally planted by them! How funny is that?! Knolle F, Goncalves RP, Jennifer Morton A. Sheep recognize familiar and unfamiliar human faces from two-dimensional images. R Soc Open Sci. 2017;4(11). doi:10.1098/rsos.171228 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. Bottlenose dolphins were used in both the Vietnam and the Gulf to detect enemy swimmers trying to plant explosives on ships. 32