Wild about Wildlife Month – July 2022
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Wild about Wildlife Month – Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. It is estimated their are over 8.7 Million species on the planet.
Did you know? Interesting Wildlife facts
- Hummingbirds are the only bird species that can fly backwards.
- The skin on the is actually black on a Polar Bear.
- The Bat is the only Mammal that can fly.
- Crocodiles can not stick out their toungue.
- The Inland Taipan (Western Taipan) is the most venomous snake in the world.
- Horned Lizards are able to shoot toxic blood from its eyes as a defence mechanism to scare off predators.
- The Giant Pacific Octopus has 3 hearts, 9 brains and blue blood.
- Howler Monkeys are the loudest land animal. Its deep throated call can be heard from 5 km (3miles) away.
- Meerkat parents train their offspring to hunt scorpions.
- Koala’s have fingerprints almost identical to human.
