• The largest cat of the Americas, the jaguar is a formidable beast. The Yanomami Indians call it the 'Eater of Souls', due to the belief that it consumes the spirits of the dead.

• Hector's dolphins are the world's smallest and rarest dolphins. Their Body length: 1.2-1.5m, and Weight: 35-60kg.

• The African elephant is the largest mammal that lives on land.

• The anaconda is the world’s heaviest snake, weighing 250 kilograms. It’s about nine meters long, and females are usually bigger than males.

• Dolphins use a technique called echolocation which means they make clicking sounds to judge distances and find food.

Funda of Fundas

Seahorses are the 'new men' of the oceans. They’re unique in that the male gives birth to the young and takes all responsibility for parental care! The female deposits her eggs into a special brood pouch on the male. He then incubates them for a month before giving birth to up to a thousand tiny babies. The tiny seahorses are then on their own and have to fend for themselves. 

by Aniket Kumar (11 years) 

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