15 Fun Facts About Animal Trivia for Kids

Which animal is the fastest runner on land?

A cheetah can sprint at around 60 miles per hour, faster than any other animal on land. It can only keep that speed up for about half a minute before it has to stop and rest.

What is the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth?

Blue whales grow up to about 100 feet long and can weigh as much as 200 tons. No dinosaur we know of ever got that big.

Which animal is the tallest one alive on land today?

A giraffe's long neck lifts its head far above every other land animal. That height lets it reach leaves near the tops of trees that nothing else can nibble.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

One main heart pumps blood around the body, and two smaller hearts push blood through the gills. The number eight belongs to its arms, not its hearts.

Which animals are the only mammals that can truly fly?

Bats flap their wings and stay in the air as long as they like. Flying squirrels, sugar gliders and colugos only glide downwards using flaps of skin.

What is a baby kangaroo called?

A joey is tiny when it is born and finishes growing inside its mother's pouch, called a marsupium.

Which bird is the heaviest and largest in the world?

An ostrich can weigh over 300 pounds and lays the biggest eggs of any living land animal. It cannot fly, but it can run about 43 miles per hour.

What does a camel really store inside its hump?

The hump is a big store of fatty tissue the camel can burn for energy when food is hard to find. Lots of people think it holds water, but it does not.

What do we call a group of lions living together?

A pride is made up of related lionesses, their cubs, and a small number of adult males.

The tallest and heaviest penguin lives only on which continent?

The emperor penguin is the biggest penguin of all, and it is found nowhere on Earth except Antarctica.

What is the smallest bird in the world?

The bee hummingbird of Cuba is only about 2.4 inches long and weighs roughly 2 grams, which is lighter than a single coin.

How many legs does a spider have?

Spiders are arthropods with eight limbs. Insects such as ants and beetles have six, which is one way to tell them apart.

How many arms do most starfish have?

Most starfish have five arms spreading out from a middle disc, though some species grow many more.

Which of these sea creatures is a mammal, not a fish?

Dolphins are aquatic mammals. They breathe air through a blowhole and feed their babies milk, while sharks and tuna are fish that use gills.

Which animal is the heaviest one living on land?

A fully grown bull stands around 10 to 11 feet at the shoulder and weighs about 6 tons, more than any other land animal alive.