Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
This is true!
Ostriches can run faster than horses.
This is true!
The male lion does 90% of the hunting.
This is false! The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting.
Snakes are omnivores (they eat animals & plants).
This is false! Snakes are carnivores. They only eat animals, often small ones such as insects, birds, frogs and other small mammals.
The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
This is true!
A tarantula spider can survive for more than 2 years without food.
This is true!
For every human in the world there are one billion ants.
This is false! There are one million ants for every human.
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will become black.
This is false! The goldfish will become pale.
Cows can only dream if they are lying down.
This is true!
Alligators can live up to 100 years.
This is true!
A single elephant tooth can weigh as much as 9 pounds (4kgs).
This is true!
Ants never sleep.
This is true!
The blue whale weighs as much as 30 elephants.
This is true!
Baby kangaroos are only about an inch long (2.5cm) when they are born.
This is true!
Koala fingerprints are so close to humans' that they can confuse detectives.
This is true! They can even taint/ruin crime scenes.
People have had pet dogs for more than 2,000 years.
This is true! People had pet dogs as early as 329 BC.
