1. An Albatross can fly for a year without stopping
The Albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird. Because of its huge wing, the albatross can glide for months on ocean winds without landing. This giant creature soars through the air at about 25 miles an hour (40.2 kph). It can even sleep while flying.

2. Ants can lift 50 times their weight
Ants are tiny-but they are very powerful for their size. If we were that strong, we could lift an automobile. The ants carry or drag heavy loads of cargo back to their nests. The food may be part of the plants or bits of dead animals.

3. Most Bees sting once and die
A Bee stringer is located at the end of his body. The stringer has little hooks along the sides. When the bee stings a person or an animal, a painful poison flows into the victim. As the bee flies away, though, the hooks hold on. The stringer pulls out of the bee’s body. Without its stringer the bee soon dies.

4. The Blue Whale heart is the size of the Small car
Everything about the Blue Whale is gigantic. Its body weighs as much as 25 elephants, is an long as three buses, and as high as 2-storey building. Fifty people could stand on its tongue. Its stomach can hold more than a ton (1.1t) of food. The Blue Whale is by far the largest creature that ever survived in the entire wildlife.

5. Mosquitoes don’t bite people with sweet smelling sweat
In a new study, it has found out that people with sweet-smelling body odors are less likely to be bitten by the mosquitoes. Following the discovery, the researchers are inventing a new kind of insect repellent to help those whose bodies do not smell so fruity.

6. A Cat can fall from a great height and not get hurt
A cat can jump from a treetop or high building and land safely. That’s because it spreads its legs apart and flattens its body, mush like a parachute. It also bends its legs to lessen the shock of striking the ground. One report tells of a cat dropped from an airplane flying at 800 feet (244 m). it landed on its feet and was able to walk away.

7. Sea catfish keeps the eggs of his babies in his mouth
The Male sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young ones in his mouth for several weeks until they are ready to hatch. He does not eat until his young are hatched or born.

8. A Camel hump holds no Water
A Camel’s humps are filled with fat, not water. The fat in the hump gives the camel energy when it does not have enough to eat. The camel gets the water it needs from eating its food and drinking. It loses hardly any water by sweating, so a camel can go days or weeks without anything to drink.

9. Bats can “See” in the dark
Bats can find their way in the dark much better than you can. They make high squeaking sounds and listen for the echoes. An echo that bounces back quickly tells them than an object is nearby. Echoes that take longer than that an object is nearby. Echoes that take longer mean that the object is farther away. This way of “seeing” lets bats find the insects they eat-without bumping into the walls or trees.

10. An Anteaters’ tongue is as long as your arm
The Anteater flicks its very long tongue into an ant nest. Hundreds of ants get caught on its sticky surface. The anteater then pulls the tongue back into its long snout and slurps down all the ants. In less than a second, the animal is ready to catch more ants.

Nisha Khan