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4001/ Amphibious is based upon
Greek words that mean living a double life; amphibians live
in both land and water.
4002/ Alma mater means bountiful
mother.
4003/ A poem written to celebrate
a wedding is called a epithalamium.
4004/ Fortune cookies were actually
invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.
4005/ Diet Coke was only invented
in 1983.
4006/ At birth a panda is smaller
than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
4007/ Sharks can be dangerous
even before they are born. Scientist Stewart Springer was
bitten by a sand tiger shark embryo while he was examiningits
pregnant mother.
4008/ Sea sponges are used in
drugs for treating asthma and cancer.
4009/ The tuatara's metabolism
is so slow they only have to breathe once an hour.
4010/ The Weddell seal can travel
under water for seven miles without surfacing for air.
4011/ The word alligator comes
from El Lagarto which is Spanish for The Lizard.
4012/ It would require an average
of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at one ounce.
4013/ Dolphins jump out of the
water to conserve energy. It is easier to move through the
air than through the water.
4014/ To keep from being separated
while sleeping, sea otters tie themselves together with kelp,
often drifting miles out to sea during the night.
4015/ The flounder swims sideways.
4016/ The leather coral, which
is softer than the stony corals, may attack and eat one of
its own kind if subjected to crowded conditions.
4017/ The last wolf in Great
Britain was killed in Scotland, in 1743. Wolves were extinct
in England by 1500.
4018/ The largest bird egg in
the world today is that of the Ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from
six to eight inches long. Because of their size and the thickness
of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard boil.
4019/ Coral are closely related
to jellyfish.
4020/ The electric eel has thousands
of electric cells running up and down its tail. Vital body
organs, such as the heart, are packed into a small space behind
the head. They use their electric sense to 'see'. Their electric
sensors act like radar. They send out weak impulses which
bounce off objects.
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