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Animal Fun Facts

Animal Fun Facts. By: Austin Ziance. Scorpions. Facts about Scorpions. There are about 1,200 species of scorpions, most of them concentrated on warm areas of land including Africa.

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Animal Fun Facts

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  1. Animal Fun Facts By: Austin Ziance

  2. Scorpions

  3. Facts about Scorpions • There are about 1,200 species of scorpions, most of them concentrated on warm areas of land including Africa. • The largest scorpion is the Emperor scorpion. It is about 18 cm. (7 in.) long. The smallest scorpion is about 1.3 cm (0.5 in.) long. • The oldest fossil scorpion is 400 million years old and looks exactly like modern species.

  4. Sharks

  5. Facts about Sharks • Sharks can generate up to 40,000 pounds per square inch of pressure in a single bite. • Sharks are not color blind. Divers think they like the “Yummy Yellow” color of some wetsuits. • Sharks sometimes use heartbeats to track their preys. They would have electricity-sensing nodules that are called ampallae of Lorenzini.

  6. Roadrunner

  7. Facts about Roadrunner • Roadrunners can fly, but they prefer to stay on the ground. • Roadrunners mostly eat scorpions, lizards, insects, rodents, snakes, and other birds as their prey. • Did you know that roadrunners kill and eat RATTLESNAKES!?

  8. Salamander

  9. Facts about Salamanders • Only two species of salamanders can grow up to 5 feet long. • The name “Salamander” comes from the Greek word for Fire Lizard. • Did you know that salamanders are nocturnal?

  10. Rhinoceros

  11. Facts about a Rhinoceros • There are five living species of rhinos- black, white, greater one-horned, Javan, and Sumatran. • The longest Rhinoceros horn recorded and measured is 60 inches long. • The closest living relative to the rhinoceros aretapirs, zebras and horses.

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