Fun Facts About Animals

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Across
  1. 2. These animals poo up to 15 times a day, which can be as much as 115 pounds of manure per day, or approximately 21 tons per year.
  2. 5. These animals sleep up to 22 hours a day.
  3. 8. They are the world’s largest predator.
  4. 9. They use toxic pufferfish to get high.
  5. 10. This animal has the largest eyes relative to their head size of any mammal.
  6. 12. This animal is born grey, not pink.
  7. 13. These animals use the earth’s magnetic field to hunt.
  8. 14. They hold hands while sleeping so they don’t float away from each other.
  9. 15. It is the fastest land animal on the planet and can reach speeds up to 75 mph.
  10. 18. This common garden animal has 14,000 teeth.
  11. 20. Their legs are so powerful that their kicks can kill a lion.
  12. 22. The most venomous fish in the world.
  13. 24. It is the most venomous snake in the world.
  14. 26. They have jet black skin under their white fur coats.
  15. 27. It has the strongest bite of any animal in the world & can apply 5,000 pounds of pressure per square inch.
  16. 29. This animal spends 7 months of the year frozen.
Down
  1. 1. This animal is able to shoot blood from its own eyes, up to a distance of 3 feet away.
  2. 3. They have been recorded leaping 21 feet vertically and can run up to 35 mph.
  3. 4. This animal can go longer than a camel without having a drink of water.
  4. 6. The largest North American bird of prey.
  5. 7. This animal has the shortest lifespan of any living thing in the world.
  6. 8. They are the only animal on earth where the male carries the baby rather than the female.
  7. 11. It is the loudest animal in the world.
  8. 16. The only known bird that can fly backwards.
  9. 17. It is the world’s deadliest animal.
  10. 19. This animal spends most of its lives flying in the air and can fly for almost an entire year without ever landing.
  11. 21. This animal produces a toxin that is up to 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide to humans.
  12. 23. This animal impales their prey on sticks to save them for later.
  13. 25. Even after having its head cut off, it can still live for weeks.
  14. 28. All of these animals are born deaf.