Category: Animal of the Day

By Charlie. Did you know that adult Jelly Fish can magically turn themselves into kids? Ok, well, it’s not exactly magic. And it’s not exactly a jelly fish. Its a hydrozoan. They can go back and forth between being a polyp and a Jellyfish forever, earning them the title. The immortal jellyfish. Crazy! This happens…

Did you know that the Sand dollar is related to something called a sea cucumber? I wonder if there is a sea zucchini?… Loading Everlit Audio… Here is some more text. It’s pretty great and amazing. Lots of text here.

By Charlie. Did you know that the Kangaroo belongs to a family called the Macropod family otherwise known as the big foot family? Loading Everlit Audio… They are the largest marsupial and their babies are called Joeys. They are also the fastest hopping mammals. The crazy thing about kangaroos is that they go as fast…

By Charlie. Did you know that the hammerhead shark is the most recent shark to evolve? Sharks have been around for over 450 million years, but the hammerhead has only been around for the last 20 million? Crazy! People always wonder why they have that funny looking nose that looks like a hammer on the…

By Charlie. Did you know that the queen of England paid over 10,000 pounds for a Narwal horn, which is over 6.3 million pounds in today’s money? WOW! That’s a lot of money for a big tooth. The name Narwal actually means corpse whale, because the gray color of the mammal looks like a drowned…

By Charlie. Did you know that Manta Rays fly through the water using wings that can be over 24 feet wide and can make up over 85% of their body? They are super intelligent and have the largest brain of all fish. Even bigger than a whale shark! Woah. They were originally related to sharks…

By Charlie. Did you know that Tardigrades live in every place on earth and are almost indestructible? Tardigrades have been found in the fossil record, preserved in amber since the cretaceous period. They are super hungry and some of them are known to eat parasites and nematodes. They have eight legs and are the worlds…

By Charlie Did you know that the Axolotl is believed to house the spirit of a Mexican god and can only be found in a specific lake region outside of Mexico City? It’s a huge Salamander that’s also known as a water monster. They are the only type of Salamander that permanently live in water…