Monday 31 March 2014

Fact Hunters: Bears, beetles & whales

Terrika Wright
Taking off from the equivalent of a 15 story building, an albatross chick will fly out to the open ocean to live on the water for the next 3-5 years, without touching land until he or she returns to start courting.

Elisa Rina
Were you aware that the Southern Giant Petrel (a bird that lives near the South Pole) spits gobs of regurgitated food and stomach oil at its enemies?

Sophie Hann
Did you know that scientists can recognise individual spectacled bears from the markings on their face? Every bear has a different pattern of pale fur.

Georgia Brooks
Incredibly, Rhino beetles can lift objects 850 times their weight! That would be equivalent to a human lifting 9 fully grown male elephants!

Holly Clark
Unbelievably Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning! Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats.

Chloe Wager
Did you know that the American astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) was the first person to show that there are galaxies beyond our own that are constantly moving away from the Milky Way.







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