If all the water in the atmosphere at any one time was to fall as rain it would cover the entire Earth s surface to a depth of 1 inch

The red kangaroo can produce two different types of milk at the same time from adjacent teats to feed both younger and older offspring

Dolphins don t drink water - Sea water would make them ill and possibly kill them They get their liquid needs through the foods they eat

The worlds largest bacteria Thiomargarita namibiensis which was only discovered in 1998 is actually bigger than the full stop on this page

If you cut a redwood tree its root system will create angel rings around the stump and as many as 100 trees will grow around it in a circle

The shiny coating on various candies is called shellac - a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand

The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) when brushed by a passerby ejects its seeds and a stream of poisonous juice that stings the skin

The Tasmanian Devil is a real animal that is only found in the wild in Tasmania Australia It is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world

The abdomen of the ant contains two stomachs One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach is for food to be shared with other ants

The atmosphere of Venus is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (96%) and nitrogen (3%) with traces of other gases and little to no water vapo

Spiders inject their victims with a chemical that dissolves them Then the spiders drink their lunch with their mouths which are soda straw-like

Chinese Giant Salamander is the largest and most definitely slimiest salamander in the world it can grow up to 6 ft in length and is nearly blind

The male penguin incubates the single egg laid by his mate During the two month period he does not eat and will lose up to 40% of his body weight

Termite queens are fertilized regularly by the same mate for life unlike bee and ant queens whose male partners die after the first and only mating

In the last 50 years the temperature of the Antarctic has risen by 2 5 degrees Celsius and may be to blame for icebergs breaking away from the continent