| Educating our children is one of the most important | | | | • Elephants are the largest land animals alive in the |
| aspects of parenting. This article on animal facts for | | | | present age. An elephant's tusks grow all through its |
| kids makes for interesting reading about little known | | | | lifetime and can weigh as much as 200 pounds; usually |
| facts about the animals that inhabit planet earth. | | | | tusks grow for the male species. The females are |
| Encourage your child to read and learn in a fun way, | | | | seldom found with very small tusks or no tusks at all. |
| and share knowledge with friends and have great fun | | | | • The Chimpanzee is often considered the closest |
| doing it. You can arrange family fun quizzes and make | | | | of all animal species to man, with an intelligence that |
| the learning fun! | | | | supersedes all other animals. Chimps as they are |
| In biology the word "Animal" comprises all species | | | | commonly referred to actually make tools and use |
| belonging to the animal kingdom; it is very interesting to | | | | them to get their food. They adopt highly refined |
| read about the little known facts about these animals | | | | hunting strategies to get their food. To Chimps status |
| found in our world today. | | | | is important; they are also very manipulative and |
| Some of the more interesting animal facts for kids: | | | | deceptive in their behavior patterns. They can be |
| • A cow can produce more milk than a single | | | | taught to use symbols, numbers and some aspects of |
| human being can consume in one lifetime - | | | | the human language. |
| approximately 200,000 glasses of milk! Apart from this | | | | • The Giraffe is the tallest living mammal in the |
| staggering figure, you will never find two cows with the | | | | animal kingdom and has approximately double the |
| exact same pattern of spots! | | | | blood pressure of any other animal to enable blood |
| • Horses weighing approximately 1,200 pounds eat | | | | circulation, especially to the brain. |
| roughly seven times their own weight each year! | | | | • Some interesting animal facts include: rats live |
| • When a lion roars you can hear the sound from a | | | | longer without water than even the Camel does; |
| distance of about 5 miles away. | | | | squirrels bury their nuts and often forget where they |
| • Cheetahs are swift and merciless toward their | | | | have hidden them, inadvertently helping to plant millions |
| prey. Scaring the living daylights out of man and beast | | | | of trees. |
| but the sound they emit is anything but scary - more | | | | The animal facts for kids detailed above are only a tip |
| like a dog yelping. However you can hear them a mile | | | | of the iceberg; it is hoped that once a child's interest is |
| away! | | | | awakened, he or she will continue to read more. |