Children universally seem to have a fascination for animals. They want to read animal stories, find out facts about animals, watch films, etc.

Keep in mind every child’s quest for animal facts; here is some interesting information about the varied animals around the world…

1. When a kangaroo is frightened, the joey dives headfirst in its mother’s pouch and then she begins to leap away.

2. Grass eating animals usually live together in herds for safety reasons. This is because an animal grazing alone may not notice, see or hear the on-coming danger.

3. When the wolves attack herds of the shaggy musk oxen, they quickly form a large circle around the young oxen in order to protect them.

4. A mother polar bear makes a den for the winter where she gives birth to her cubs. They spend the winter in the den cuddled up together to her warm body. She survives on the fat, which is stored up in her body; the little ones survive on her milk.

5. Beavers are known as expert builders. They use their sharp teeth to cut down young trees to build their home known as a lodge. Their home is usually built in the middle of a pond. They can access this lodge only through a tunnel, which they construct.

5. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Most bats live in caves in large groups called colonies. Most bats spend most of their time hanging upside down by their toes. They sleep during the day and only come out at night.

6. Seals, sea lions and walruses belong to a group of sea mammals. They are known as pinnipeds, which implies – ‘fin-foot’. Their fins are flattened feet.

7. Whales have no sense of smell and most of them have poor eyesight. However, their senses of touch and hearing are very good.

8. As soon as a baby snake hatches out of its egg, it can do everything that the grown up snake can do – They find their own food and look after themselves. The poisonous little ones can also bite. They do all of this naturally; they do not have to be taught these survival actions.