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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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16 |
Platypuses are only native to the eastern part of Australia. |
Nature > Animals |
07/02/08 |
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17 |
Crabs have 10 legs. |
Nature > Animals |
07/17/08 |
|
18 |
Spiders have 8 legs. |
Nature > Animals |
07/27/08 |
|
19 |
Butterflies taste with their feet. |
Nature > Insects |
08/15/08 |
|
20 |
A "F5" tornado is the most damaging tornado. |
Nature |
08/25/08 |
|
21 |
The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world which can reach up to 200 mph. |
Nature > Animals |
09/05/08 |
|
22 |
Large insects that make their hives in wood, measuring nearly 1 inch in length and resembling bumblebees in both size and appearance are called Carpenter Bees. |
Nature > Insects |
09/17/08 |
|
23 |
Lady bugs are in the Coleoptera order. |
Nature > Insects |
09/19/08 |
|
24 |
Lady Bugs are beneficial in the garden because they are predators that eat aphids, spider mites and other insects. |
Nature > Insects |
09/22/08 |
|
25 |
Centipedes have 14 to more than 171 pairs of legs. |
Nature > Animals |
09/24/08 |
|
26 |
The tongue of a chameleon is longer than its body. |
Nature > Animals |
09/30/08 |
|
27 |
Click beetles are so named because of the clicking noise they make when they are on their backs and throw themselves in the air in an effort to land on their feet. |
Nature > Insects |
10/02/08 |
|
28 |
The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. |
Nature > Animals |
10/03/08 |
|
29 |
A chameleon's tongue can shoot out of its mouth at a speed of about 26 body lengths per second. |
Nature > Animals |
10/06/08 |
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30 |
Eagles build their nests, called eyries. |
Nature > Animals |
10/19/08 |
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