Table of Contents Hippos Sweat Blood 4 Birds cannot Smell Koalas Are Bears 8 Dogs Have Cleaner Mouths Than Humans Do 10 Cheetahs overheat While Hunting 12 Ostriches Bury Their Heads in the Sand 14 Camels Store water in Their Humps 16 Bats Are Blind 18 Sheep Are Not Very Bright 20 Chameleons Change Color to Blend In 22 Porcupines Shoot Their Quills 24 Snakes Unhinge Their Jaws to Swallow Prey 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32
Busted Hippos Sweat Blood contained blood They called the Ancient Greeks were puzzled by the hippopotamus or hippo The Greeks noticed hippo sweat looked substance blood sweat Scientists assumed the blood sweat red The enormous African mammals protected the hippo's skin while in seem to sweat blood Nineteenth the water This is true But blood century Europeans studied the phenomenon Like the Greeks the explorers assumed a hippo's sweat sweat is not sweat at all Hippos do not have sweat glands They are unable to sweat The blood sweat was not really blood either Observers discovered AGGRESSIVE PLANT EATERS Hippos are usually slow moving A plant eating mammals But if another animal threatens their RSS territory hippos will attack They can move surprisingly fast running up to 20 miles per The red blood hour 32 km h They can bite BS sweat of a hippo a crocodile in half Hippos are is not blood considered the most dangerous or sweat mammal in Africa C
Animal Myths, Busted!
Exposes 12 of the most enduring myths about animals.
About This Book
By: Jodies Mangor
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Published by: 12-Story Library provided by Amicus, part of The Creative Company
