True or False?

Sharks are mammals...

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: False - they are actually classified as fish.

Sea otters have a favorite rock they use to break open food....

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: True - they keep these treasures in the loose skin under their arms.

The blue whale is the biggest animal to have ever lived...

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: True - and that includes dinosaurs!

The hummingbird egg is the world's smallest bird egg...

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: True - on the flip side, ostriches lay the largest eggs.

Pigs roll in the mud because they don’t like being clean....

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: False - pigs have few sweat glands and their muddy baths help keep them cool.

Bats are blind...

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: False - bats often find their way using ultrasound but their eyes work, just not particularly well).

A dog sweats by panting its tongue...

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: False - canines sweat through glands in their paws.

It takes a sloth two weeks to digest a meal..

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: True - that’s the slowest digestion time of any mammal!

The largest living frog is the Goliath frog of West Africa...

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: True - this amphibian reaches lengths of 12.5 inches and weighs 7.2 pounds.

An ant can lift 1,000 times its body weight.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Answer: False - ants can lift 5,000 times their body weight!