Animal facts

• The animal with the most teeth in North America is the Opossum.
• The Blue Whale is the largest animal and it eats only one of the smallest animals, krill. Blue whales weigh as up to eight elephants. (64 tons!) An elephant weighs eight tons. Blue whales' tongues can weigh up to eight tons!
• The cheetah, the pronghorn antelope, and the gazelle can run 70 MPH for short distances.
• Male Polar Bears weigh apout 772-1,433 pounds!
• Black Bears: Perfer to eat mostly berries, nuts, grasses, fish, and insect larvae. They usuily only eat meat when they come out of their hibernaition den.
• Can run up to 35 MPH!
• Weigh an average of 125-600 pounds.
• Can go without food for up to 7 months during hibernation in northern ranges.Can live over 25 years in the wild.
  Female Kangaroos are called Flyers.
• Male Kangaroos are called Boomers.
• Baby Kangaroos are called Joeys.
• A male Lion's roar can be heard up to 5 miles away. A lioness can run as fast as 35 MPH for short distances and can leap more than 30 feet!
• Elephants can live up to 70 years!