| The fastest land animal is the cheetah which can run up to 61 mph | Records |
| The largest animal ever to have lived is the blue whale | |
| The smallest vertebrate is a species of frog. It's the size of a housefly | |
| Fleas are the best jumpers. They can jump 200 times their length! | |
| The largest land animal that ever lived weighed as much as 12 elephants | |
| Cows kill more people than sharks do | Killers |
| 700,000 people every year die from mosquito bites | |
| The most dangerous animal is the hippopotamus | |
| More people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks | |
| One of the most venomous animals on Earth is a snail | |
| The now extinct colossus penguin was 2 metres tall | Extinct |
| 99% of species that have ever lived Earth have become extinct | |
| Between 200 and 10,000 species become extinct every year | |
| There have been 5 mass extinctions which killed off half of species | |
| Dodos are famous extinct animals. The last one died in the 1600s | |
| Fungi are more closely related to animals than they are to plants | Fungi |
| The honey fungus is the largest living organism on the planet | |
| To help spread their spores, mushrooms can create their own wind | |
| Some species of fungi have thousands of different sexes | |
| Some fungi can turn ants into "zombies" | |
| Owls cannot move their eyes | Birds |
| Woodpeckers can peck up to 20 times per second | |
| An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain | |
| Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards | |
| Birds are the direct descendants of dinosaurs | |
| Acacia trees can warn each other of danger | Plants |
| The giant montane pitcher plant has evolved to eat animal poo | |
| Bamboo is the world's fastest growing plant at 4 cm per hour. | |
| Carrots were bred to be orange. Their natural colour is purple | |
| There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in our galaxy | |
| There are reports of bullets bouncing off armadillo shells | Mammals |
| Sloths only do "number twos" once a week and it is a struggle | |
| Despite popular belief, camels store fat in their humps, not water | |
| Dolphins sleep by "switching off" one half of their brains at a time | |
| Despite their names, black and white rhinos are both grey | |
| Bees communicate with each other by dancing | Invertebrates |
| There is a species of millipede that defends itself with cyanide | |
| Spider silk is five times stronger than steel | |
| Ants can carry up to 50 times their own weight | |
| Dragonflies are excellent fliers, but they cannot walk | |
| There are more than 200 different viruses which cause colds in humans | Microbes |
| Bacteria are the oldest lifeform on earth | |
| Some microbes can survive extreme conditions | |
| Despite what many believe, viruses are not living things | |
| There are more species of microbe on Earth than stars in the galaxy | |
| There is a species of newt which uses its ribs as "barbs" to defend itself | Vertebrates |
| Between 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 10,000 marine turtles survive to adulthood | |
| Sharks can sense electric fields | |
| Burmese pythons can digest bones and teeth but not fur or feathers | |
| Crocodiles and alligators are colour blind | |
