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In 1815 William Buckland, a geology professor from Oxford University, came across the skeleton of an animal unlike any previously recorded.
Deciding that it was some long-extinct form of reptile, he named it “Megalosaurus” (Greek for “great lizard”).
Males only reach their full size at 35-40 years - that’s well over half their lifespan as wild elephants can live for up to 60-70 years. And it’s not just the adults – even calves are huge! At birth, a baby elephant can weigh 120kg - that’s almost 19 stone.
THEY’RE THE WORLD’S LARGEST LAND ANIMAL
The African Savanna (Bush) elephant is the world's largest land animal – with adult males, or bull elephants, standing up to 3m high and weighing up to 6,000kg on average
Multitasking is impossible
When we think we’re multitasking, we’re actually context-switching. That is, we’re quickly switching back-and-forth between different tasks, rather than doing them at the same time. The book Brain Rules explains how detrimental “multitasking” can be: Research shows your error rate goes up 50 percent and it takes you twice as long to do things.
Damselflies make a heart with their tails while mating.
The male clasps the female from the back of the head and the female curls down her abdomen to pick up sperm. This position aligns them into the shape of a heart.
Remains of 7-feet penguins have been discovered.
The human-sized remains of a penguin were discovered in Southern New Zealand in 2017. The bone length was around 1.7 meter long or the average height of a human man.
Cheetahs are unable to roar.
Instead of roaring, they meow much like house cats do. Roaring is possible due to the special two-piece hyoid bone in the throat which they do not possess. All non-roaring cats such as the cheetah only have a one-piece hyoid bone.