A male lion can eat up to 140 pounds of food in one meal.
A gorilla's big toe is opposable, like our thumb, to help the animal grab food or climb trees.
Tigers can see six times better than humans at night.
Every zebra’s stripe pattern is different—no two are alike.
A herd of hippopotamuses is also called a "bloat."
African penguins can hold their breath for over 2 minutes and dive over 400 feet deep!
The Andean flamingo is the only flamingo species with yellow legs.
A male Galápagos tortoise can weigh more than 500 pounds—and may live 150 years or more.
Armadillo is Spanish for "little armored thing."
The okapi's dark tongue is long enough to reach its ears and eyes.
A butterfly's wings move in a figure "8" motion that pushes them through the air.
Andean bears are the only bears found in South America.
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