Although a cow has no upper front teeth, it grazes up to 8 hours a day, taking in about 45 kg (100 lb) of feed and the equivalent of a bath tub full of water. A healthy cow gives about 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. A cow has four stomachs: the rumen, reticulum, [...]

Bees can be used to detect landmines. Tiny radio plates the size of a rice grain will be attached to honey bees to detect antipersonnel landmines, of which there are about 100 million in 70 war-torn countries. The tiny radio plates are engraved with serial numbers to keep track of the bees, which are being [...]

The hippo’s yawn is not a sign of sleepiness or boredom but is actually a threat gesture, displaying long, thick, razor-sharp canine teeth, or tusks, with which it is capable of biting a small boat in half. Being fearlessly protective of their turf and young, hippos have killed hundreds of people in Africa – more [...]

There are close to 4,000 known species of frogs, including toads. They range in size from less than half an inch to nearly a foot long and come in a rainbow of colors and patterns. Adult frogs are carnivorous and will eat just about anything smaller than themselves, including insects, worms and even other frogs. [...]

In fact these magnificent white stallions were named after a tiny Slovenian village and stud farm called Lipica only a stone’s throw from the Adriatic coast. In the 16th century, the Austrian Archduke Karl was looking for a suitable site to establish a stud farm for the needs of the Austrian court and chose Lipica [...]

The “Big Five” is a group of animals of Africa: cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino. The term “Big Five” was coined by hunters who referred to the difficulty in hunting these wild animals because of their ferocity when cornered. Cape Buffalo Weighing 700kg (1,500lb), the African, or Cape Buffalo is unpredictable and dangerous [...]

Ants eat almost anything, but prefer sweet foods. When ants find food, they lay down a chemical trail, called a pheromone, so that other ants can find their way from the nest to the food source. The Dalmatie ant cooks its food by chewing it into patties and baking them in the sun. Ants can [...]

It is often incorrectly quoted that mosquitoes kill more people than any other animal. Actually, it is not mosquitoes that kill people but the parasite they carry that causes malaria. Approximately 300 million people worldwide are affected by malaria and about 1,5 million die from it every year. The greatest known outbreak of malaria happened [...]

Antelope – calf Bear – cub Beasts of prey – whelp Beaver – kit Birds – fledgling, nestling Cat – kitten Codfish – codling, sprat Cow – calf Deer – fawn, yearling Dog – pup, puppy Duck – duckling Eagle – eaglet Eel – elver Elephant – calf Elephant seal – weaner Fish – fry [...]

Apes gibber Asses bray Bears growl Bees hum, buzz, murmur Beetles drone Birds sing Bitterns boom Blackbirds whistle Bulls bellow Calves bleat Cats meow, mew, purr, caterwal Chickens peep, cackle Cocks crow Cows moo, low Crows caw Cuckoos cuckoo Deer bell Dogs bark, woof, arf Dolphins click Doves coo, moan Ducks quack Eagles scream Elephants [...]