CONTENTS Faster Faster 4 Superstrength 6 Fierce and Feisty 8 Hidden Away 10 Odd Actions 12 How Big Is It 14 Under the Sea 16 High in the Sky 18 Incredible Intelligence 20 That's Disgusting 22 Endangered and Extinct 24 Popular Pets 26 True or False 28 Who Knew 30 Further Information 31
FASTER FASTER Q Guess who's faster an adult human or an adult hippo A A fully grown hippopotamus can outrun a person Mountain goats are one of the hardest animals to catch Why They're the animal world's fastest rock climbers and can jump 12 feet 4 m to avoid predators A cheetah can sprint more than 70 miles 113 km per hour But if it runs that fast for more than thirty seconds something bad can happen Can you guess what A It can suffer brain damage B It can break its legs C It can have a heart attack D It throws up 4 A mite a tiny spiderlike creature has been recorded running at up to 322 body lengths per second For a person that would be like running 1,300 miles 2,092 km per hour The answer is A brain damage Now that is fast
Q The peregrine falcon reaches nearly 200 miles 322 km per hour when it dives through the air But Brazilian free tailed bats are the fastest horizontal fliers How fast do you think they fly A species of Australian tiger beetle can run faster than any other insect about 5 6 miles 9 km per hour But when it runs at top speed its eyes stop working It has to slow down to see again A Brazilian free tailed bats can hit 100 miles 161 km per hour The second fastest marine animal is the killer whale which can swim at speeds up to 34 5 miles 55 5 km per hour Which animal is faster A The octopus B The tiger shark C The sailfish D Plankton The Moroccan flic flac spider cartwheels itself away from dangerous situations This unusual motion allows it to travel at up to 6 5 feet 2 m per second It's C the sailfish This fish increases its speed by leaping out of the water Sailfish can swim an amazing 68 miles 109 km per hour 5
