Children's Bible Studies-Wonderfully and Uniquely Made

Sir John Knowitall discusses some unique facts about animals, including octopuses with three hearts, owls without eyeballs, polar bears with black skin, and a human brain operating on 15 watts. Butterflies can taste with their feet using chemoreceptors, and smaller animals have faster metabolism. Dogs have a stronger sense of smell than humans but have fewer taste buds. Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels. Spider silk is thinner than a human hair but five times stronger than steel. Mantis shrimp claws can accelerate as quickly as a.22-caliber bullet. Sea lions have the ability to keep a beat, while squirrels cannot burp or vomit. Honeybees can flap their wings 200 times every second. Immortal jellyfish can cheat death indefinitely. Black widow venom is highly susceptible to cats and horses, but dogs are relatively resistant. Sharks kill fewer people per year than humans, and tardigrades are extremely durable microscopic animals. Wild dolphins call each other by name, young goats pick up accents, and elephants have a specific alarm call that means "human."