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- Each American eats approximately 259 of these a year. The U.S. produces over 90 billion annually.
- This panther is critically endangered.
- As many as 50 million birds are killed each year by communication towers in the U.S. during...
- These endangered giants cannot move, have weighed in at over 500 pounds, and can live well over 100 years.
- It has been estimated that there are one million trillion of these on earth.
- At least 50% of the 200 species of these turtles are on the Red List as globally threatened.
- Seventy-eight calories of fossil fuel are required to produce one calorie of this protein?
- What percent of US livestock farms raise 40 percent of all animals.
- Which whale can dive to 3300 feet at a rate of 560 feet a minute?
- The Bali, Caspian and Javan are extinct?
- What do lobsters squirt at each other as a sign of greeting and identity?
- A study found that 39 per cent of animal extinctions since 1600 arose mainly from the introduction of these species.
- A growth hormone used to increase milk production?
- A species of primitive reef-building sponge thought to be extinct until scientists discovered them off the coast of British Columbia in 1987 and Washington State in 2007.
- Each year spiders eat the equivalent weight of all the world's?
- There are over 50,000 of these plants on our planet?
- This land bird cannot walk backwards.
- Cetaceans currently live in the water but once lived on....
- In 1872, a virus killed a quarter of all U.S.?
- At least 50% of the 200 species of Fresh Water Turtles are on this List as globally threatened.
- Secretes mucus as it moves.
- A member of what bird family flies over the Himalayas at altitudes to 27,000 feet?
- Chimpanzees as they age can go...?
- Livestock production has been attributed as the cause of 85% of the U.S. loss of?
- Octopus are considered the invertebrate with the most?
- These coral structures cover just under one percent of the surface of the world’s ocean, and support over one-quarter of all marine species.
- This near threatened weasel is constantly on the go, in search of food, and can travel hundreds of miles per month. It also has no natural predators.
- The Indian and African are currently the only two species of this mammal...
- One of the biggest threats facing sharks is shark fin...
- Solitary marsupials that sleep 18 hours a day.
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- The only two mammals to lay eggs are the platypus and the...
- Ocean acidification threatens over one million...
- Jellyfish, Sea Anemones, Starfish and destroyers of biodiversity do not have?
- Researchers have already developed more than 35 species of genetically engineered?
- They drink and breathe through their skin.
- What web-pawed mammal can swim for 60 miles without a rest?
- The only mammals with prostates are humans and...
- Wet nosed Madagascar natives.
- There are over 700 types of purebred...
- Unlike most fish which are cold-blooded, these are warm blooded.
- What mammal can eat two insects per second?
- Currently there are between 7 to 10 million of these factory-raised animals in North Carolina.
- These lowland and mountain knuckle walkers' DNA is 98%–99% identical to that of a human.
- Seals, sea lions, and walruses are...
- Whose 'horned nose' (of densely compacted hair) is priced so high on the black market that it is almost extinct?
- These whales are the longest lived mammals. Their maximum life span is over 200 years.
- The largest animal genome size is found in the?
- It is estimated that only 3,200 tigers are left on the...
- Scatologists study?
- This mammal has three eylids?
- A tree dwelling tailless primate that mates for life.
- A plant grown worldwide of which eighty percent is fed to animals?
- An Alaska law, allows Alaska residents to shoot an unlimited number of these, if they are used for food or clothing.
- A unicorn that has never lived in captivity.
- Coyote-wolf hybrid.
- Endangered wildcat of Central and South America. In the past, more than 200,000 per year were killed for their coats.
- What creature must raise its morning body temperature to 86 F before it can take off?
- The world's largest rodent that likes to rest in water during the heat of the day.
- Environmental degradation could wipe out an eighth of the world's?
- The worn footpaths of this North American land animal's migration routes are still visible from the air.
- An intelligent, playful parrot called the "the clown of the mountains." Prior to 1970, the New Zealand government paid a bounty for their bills as they reportedly killed and ate sheep.
- An animal that never gets sick; they appear to be immune to every type of disease including cancer.
- What pesty insect's taste organs are in its feet?
- Americans spent approximately 45 billion dollars on these in 2009.
- What animal's cognitive abilities are on par with a three year old and is smarter than a dog?
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