WorldofCreatures

Giraffes are greedy-guzzlers. They don't drink much. A giraffe uses its head for fighting. They're fast and dangerous.

Owls are quite specialized predators, having eyes and ears designed to easily locate prey and unique feathers that enable them to fly almost silently.

The flamingo is the national bird of The Bahamas. Flamingos are monogamous by nature, and only lay around one egg per year. It takes flamingos about three years to get their pink and red feathers.

Doves are amazing animals. Their capacity to find their way home over hundreds, even thousands of kilometers is unrivalled in the animal kingdom. This uncanny ability has seen them used for centuries to deliver messages for royalty, military leaders and other notable figures.

Rooster and cock are terms for adult male birds, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon.

Cats' two color-detecting cones let them see blue-violet and yellow-green wavelengths of light, but not red-orange.

The oldest penguin fossils are 62 million years old. Penguins poop every 20 minutes. A penguins black and white colouring is called counter-shading. Penguins are expert divers

Camels don't actually store water in their humps. Camels store water in their blood. Camels are born without humps. Camel milk is incredibly nutritious. There are 2 types of camel. Camels can live to 50 years. Camels are fast. There are 160 words for camel in Arabic.

Tigers are some of the most amazing creatures on the planet, they are the largest members of the cat family and are renowned for their power and strength. As the largest member of the cat family, Tigers are strong, powerful and one of nature's most feared predators.

Bears are extraordinarily intelligent animals. They have far superior navigation skills to humans; excellent memories; large brain to body ratio; and use tools in various contexts from play to hunting. Bears grieve deeply for others. Cubs are known to moan and cry when separated from their mothers.

Around 1,063 exist in the wild. They live in two isolated groups. We share around 98% of our DNA with gorillas. They're one of the biggest, most powerful living primates. They can eat all day long. They cozy up at night. They have 16 different types of call. They live in family groups.

Deer's eyes are on the side of the head. Deer have great hearing senses. Great sense of smell. Deer walk in groups called herds, they are social animals. Deer have special ways of communication. Deer practices both monogamy and polygamy. Some antlers grow during the spring season.

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.

Squirrels are omnivores (they eat both plants and animals). Their favorite foods include: acorns, seeds, nuts, berries, tree buds, insects, bird eggs, and amphibians. In the fall, gray squirrels store seeds and nuts to eat during the winter, which they locate with their great sense of smell.

Fish are aquatic vertebrate animals that have gills but lack limbs with digits, like fingers or toes. Recall that vertebrates are animals with internal backbones. Most fish are streamlined in their general body form.

Elephants can be described as either eating machines or manure manufacturers, depending on their activity at the time. Elephants may feed for up to 16 hours a day. Elephants digest their food with less than 50% efficiency.

Horses have a nearly 360-degree field of vision. This means that they cannot see the grass they are grazing on, or the carrot you are sticking out to them! Instead, they will move their head or use their mobile and sensitive lips, whiskers and sense of smell to know what is in-front of them

The wolf, also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. Wolves Fall in Love and Build Nuclear Families. Wolves may experience true love since partners usually mate for life.

Highland cows are often known as the gentle giants of Scotland. With their long horns, and flowing red locks, these iconic beasts are easily recognized.