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Skills and

senses facts

HIGHEST JUMPING ANIMALS

The animal kingdom is bursting with skilled
springers that can leap to great heights.
Here are six of the world’s best jumpers.
Cougar 5.5 m (18 ft) Prairie hare 4.5 m (15 ft) Spinner dolphin 3 m (10 ft) Impala 3 m (10 ft) Red kangaroo 3 m (10 ft) Kangaroo rat 2.75 m (9 ft)

T T When not breeding, these amazing birds spend DEFENCE
long periods of time in continuous flight.
H WEAPONS

S Some small animals have incredible ways to
G 1 2 3 Common swift protect themselves from larger predators.
4 5 6 This migratory bird can
I spend around 10 months
E L 7 8 9 per year in the air, travelling The Texas horned lizard can squirt
a jet of foul-tasting blood from its
F 10 1112 up to 9,656 km (6,000 miles). eyes straight into a predator’s mouth.

G Alpine swift

N 4 5 6 In flight for up to six months Blood
1 2 3
jet
per year, the Alpine swift
E N I 10 1112 eats flying insects and The Spanish ribbed newt
7 8 9
airborne spiders.

O M 1 2 3 When a juvenile, this pushes its ribs out
Frigate bird
through its skin to
form spikes.
seabird flies for up to two
7 8 9
I 4 5 6 months per year, gliding on
L T 10 1112 its 2.3-m (7 ⁄2-ft) wingspan. Exposed rib
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