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Cheetah fun facts
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Humpback Whale fun facts
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Cheetah Fun Facts
- A cheetah's claws do not retract.
- Cheetahs are the only spotted cats with tear lines.
- "Cheetah" is a Hindi word that means "spotted one".
- Like no other animal, cheetahs are built for speed. They can travel:
» 0-45 mph in 2 seconds!
» 20 feet in a single bound!
» 70 mph in short bursts!
- A cheetah can go up to 10 days without food.
- Unlike social animals like gorillas, cheetahs have no contact with other adults
except for mating.
For more cheetah fun facts, read my book, Cheetahs.
Elephant Fun Facts
- An elephant's trunk has no bones or joints but contains 100,000 muscles.
- An elephant never stops growing.
- An elephant spends from 16 to 18 hours every day eating the 300-500 pounds of food that it needs.
- One elephant's tooth is 12 inches long and weighs 10 pounds.
For more elephant fun facts, read my book, Elephants.
Humpback Whale Fun Facts
- Whales are as big as a moving van and weigh as much as 8 elephants.
- Whales lived on land 45 million years ago and had 4 legs.
- Whales are mammals, not fish. They breathe air, and their tail moves up and down. (Fish breathe water and their tails move side to side.)
- A whale can eat 4000 pounds of plankton and krill a day, but can go 8 months without eating.
- At birth, a baby whale is 12-16 ft long, weighing almost 2 tons.
For more whale fun facts, read my book, Humpback Whales.
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