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AMAZING FACTS

 1. The longest recorded journey of an animal in water is of a leatherback turtle, which travelled 20,558 km in 647 days!!

2. Chameleons can whip their long tongues out faster than our eyes can follow, moving 26 times the length  of their own body in second. 



3. The pacific ocean's name means "peaceful sea".


4. Lake Hiller in Australia is pink. 



5. "Red tides" occur when a certain type of Algae in seawater grows out of control and changes the colour of the water.


6. The moon is about 400 times smaller than the sun. 

7. American astronaut Alan Shepard was the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon's surface. 

8. The world's oldest pet goldfish lived to be 43 years old. 

9. Elephants can swim for as long as 6 hours at a time without a break!


10. Most dinosaurs can swim. 

11. 24 of the Natural Satellite orbiting Uranus have been named after characters from Shakespeare's plays. 


12. After Venus, Jupiter is always the second brightest planet in the sky from earth.


13. African lungfish can survive without water for several months. 


14. You cannot import and cat or dog directly from Australia to India. 


15. The world's smallest spider is the size of a pinhead.


16. The world's first successful Aeroplan was airborne for only 12 seconds. 


17. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.


18. The tiger is the largest member of the cat family. 


19. Cats were gods in the ancient Egypt.


20. Houseflies has feet which are 10 million times more sensitive than our tongue. 

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