10 Amazing Scientific “Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects” interesting facts for Class 10 and 12 Part 10

Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects-10

291. The koala bear spends more than 18 with hours a day, sleeping.

292. The nest of the termite is built like a city with many chambers, including a garden used for growing fungus.

293. The beak of the toucan is much longer than its body.

294. Part of a turtle’s shell is made of keratin which is what our finger nails also comprise of.

295. The honey – bee has hair on its eyes.

296. The giraffe sleeps standing up. When it bends, it has to spread its forelegs and lower its head due to the length of its neck.

297. The okapi ahs such a long tongue that it can clean its own eyes and eyelids with it.

298. Some snakes can eat a whole animal in one sitting.

299. The bird, hoatzin, is born with claws on its wings. The young ones use the claws to climb on tree branches until they learn to fly. The claws fall off as the birds mature.

300. The prairie dogs ‘kiss’ each other. They press their teeth against each other’s faces which enables them to tell whether the others belong to the same family group.