BIOLOGY

                     FUN FACTS

The water animal Hydra never gets old, and can live forever.

Alligators give birth to females in cold temperatures and to males when it's hot.

A queen termite can live up to 50 years.

The Barbados Threadsnake is the smallest snake in the world.

The right half of the braincontrols the left side of our body muscles, and the left controls the right.

A kangaroo rat (genus dipodomys)can spend its entire life without drinking water.

The Hairy Horror Frog(Trichobatrachus robustus) breaks its own bones to make a claw for a fight.

A red blood cell takes 20 seconds to circulate around the human body.

The average speed of a sneeze is around 160km (100mi)per hour.

Dolphins and whales don't drink water.

The ovum (female egg cell) is the largest cell in the human body.