Eric Braun - Incredible Animal Trivia: Fun Facts and Quizzes

Eric Braun

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Contents

Q. Guess whos fasteran adult human or an adult hippo?

A. A fully grown hippopotamus can outrun a person!

A mitea tiny, spiderlike creature has been recorded running at up to body lengths per second. For a person, that would be like running 1,300 miles (2,092 km) per hour!

A cheetah can sprint more than 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.

The answer is A, brain damage. Now that is fast.

Mountain goats are one of the hardest animals to catch. Why? Theyre the animal worlds fastest rock climbers and can jump feet (4 m) to avoid predators.

Faster, Faster!

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.

A species of Australian tiger beetle can run faster than any other insectabout 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.

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

Its C, the sailfish. This fish increases its speed by leaping out of the water. Sailfish can swim an amazing miles (109 km) per hour.

Q. The peregrine falcon reaches nearly 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. Brazilian free-tailed bats can hit miles (161 km) per hour!

Superstrength

What is the worlds strongest animal compared to body weight?

A. The elephant

B. The hummingbird

C. The dung beetle

D. The great white shark

The answer is the dung beetle. This tiny insect can pull 1,141 times its own body weight. Thats like a human pulling six double-decker buses full of people.

The ostrichs knees bend backward, and it can kick forward with 2,000 pounds of pressure per square inch (141 kg per sq. cm). Thats strong enough to kill a lion with one kick.

Superstrength