Pet Fact – Week 25

The kiwi bird from New Zealand lays eggs up to half its own weight. Ouch
The African mudpuppy, or waterdog, is in fact not a dog at all. It’s a salamander (amphibian) so named for emitting a high-pitched squeaking sound reminiscent of a dog’s bark.
We’re not sure where the nurse shark got it’s name but something even more fascinating about this fish – they like to to take their daily rest in large piles of up to forty sharks!
The feathery flightless ostrich’s muscular legs are powerful enough to kill man and lion alike.
Neil Armstrong wasn’t actually the first guy on the moon, it was actually the rhesus monkey who first made that big step for primate-kind
Imagining this made us giggle – the shaggy, nocturnal sloth bear feeds itself by sucking ants through a gap in its front teeth.
Despite being much feared, the tarantula is actually harmless to humans with a venom weaker than that of a bee’s sting.