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Ears and Noses (Animals)
Big nose
The African elephant has the biggest nose of any mammal. A large ...
Star-nosed mole
Moles spend most of their lives underground searching for food. They ...
Cats’ eyes
At the back of a cat's eye there is a special layer which reflects ...
Amazing But True
A duck-billed platypus has a beak similar to a bird's but it is soft. ...
Radar bat
Bats navigate and find food in the dark using sound. They make about ...
Ear conditioning
Ears get cold quickly especially if the wind is blowing. The jack ...
Big ears
An African elephant has huge earflaps. Each is about 1.8 m (6 ft) ...
DID YOU KNOW?
In 1925 Sauer, a Dobermann Pinscher, tracked two thieves 160 km (100 ...
What big eyes…
Animals that feed at night have special ways of finding their way in ...
Wide-eyed
The biggest mammal in the world, the blue whale, has the biggest ...
Super smell
Dogs have an excellent sense of smell. An Alsatian has 44 times more ...