What are Wildlife Facts ? | Explore 17 Wildlife Facts & Important Days
What are Wildlife Facts ? | Explore More Wildlife Facts
According to the Oxford Dictionary, wildlife refers to animals, birds, insects, plants, etc. that are wild and live in a natural environment.
The forest is home to a wealth of wildlife.
World Wildlife Day is being celebrated on March 3 to conserve wildlife. This year theme is 'Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration'.
Let's explore 17 Wildlife Facts today.
1. Scorpions can hold their breath for 6 days, can survive a whole year without food, and glow under ultraviolet rays.
2. Ostrich eats stones and pebbles. They don't have teeth, so they eat small stones and pebbles which help them to grind their food when it reaches the gizzard.
3. Butterflies use their feet to taste!
4. Crows have shrewd ways to get food.
5. Elephants can't jump.
6. Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
7. Honeybees can flap their wings 200 times per second.
8. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. They can fly forward, backward, and even upside down!
9. Octopuses have three hearts.
10. Only female mosquitoes bite.
11. The ostrich is the world's tallest bird. Its legs are so powerful that their kicks can kill a lion or a human.
12. The shortest living animal in the world is the adult Mayfly. It's entire lifespan is just 24 hours.
13. An earthworm has no eyes.
14. The black heron uses its wing like an umbrella , and generates shade. The shadecattracts fish and make them easy prey. This method of hunting is called canopy feeding.
15. Horn-eyed ghost crabs can run 100 body lengths per second.
16. Silkworm grows on the leaves of mulberry tree.
17. A snail can sleep for three years.
18. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
📌 Remember:
Wildlife = wild animals, birds, insects, plants
📌 List of Important Days and Dates related to Wildlife:
- National Bird Day: 5 January
- International Zebra Day : 31 January
- World Wetlands Day: 2 February
- World Hippo Day: 15 February
- World Whale Day: 20 February (Third Sunday in February)
- International Polar Bear Day : 27 February
- World Wildlife Day: 3 March
- National Panda Day: 16 March
- World Sparrow Day : 20 March
- International Day of Forests: 21 March
- World Planting Day: 21 March
- World Water Day : 22 March
- World Earth Day: 22 April
- World Bee Day : 20 May
- World Environment Day: 5 June
- World Lion Day: 10 August
- World Rhino Day: 22 September
- World Habitat Day : 3 October
- World Wildlife Week : 1- 7 October (First Week of October)
- World Animal Welfare Day: 4 October
# Save wildlife, save earth.
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