Nature Fast Facts
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at
5:19 am
Explore our smattering nature facts that feature natures’ wonder, interesting facts about wildlife, ocean, volcanoes, animals, plants, and more. Read on and enjoy these fun facts about nature.
- Plants have been on the earth surface since 400 million years ago.
- Polar bears are popular for its white, downy fur, but their skin come in color black.
- The largest reef system in the world is the Great Barrier Reef which can be found in Australia.
- There are about 75% of Earth’s volcanoes situated in Pacific Ring of Fire, a region within the Pacific Ocean whereas tectonic plates convene.
- Amazing facts about nature is that the Amazon’s giant water lilies can be as huge as 6ft in diameter.
- Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean form on Earth.
- The 3R’s that serves as the waste hierarchy is the “reduce”, “reuse” and “recycle”.
- Killer whale is not specie of whale but a type of dolphin.
- Amazing plant facts: Venus Fly Trap can be an insect’s predator. It is a kind of plant that automatically close and trap the insect when its hairs are touched. The trapped prey will then get dissolved through the acids produced by the plant.
- In contrast to humans, horses and cows can sleep while standing up.
- The flower of Raffllesia Arnoldii is the largest flower on surface of the earth which weighs about 10 kg and measures 3 ft in diameter.
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