Animals

By: Devang Patel

 Dog
• 36.5% of households in the U.S. own a
dog.
• There is a total of 69,926,000 dogs in the
United States.
• Your dogs whiskers help him see and
navigate in the dark.
• Dogs only have sweat glands in their paws.

Get yourself a
Purebred German
Advertisement - Shepard for only
$300 in Chicago,
Illinois
Elephant
• Poachers killed 100,000 African Elephants for
their ivory from just 2010 to 2012.
• There were around 1.3 million African
Americans in Africa in 1980.
• Elephants are the largest land animals in the
world.
• The largest elephant weighed around 24,000
pounds.
Go and visit the most
famous elephant in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Monkey
• 69,990 monkeys were used in research in
the U.S. during 2007.
• The total number of monkeys in
laboratories that are being tested are
approximately 112,000.
• A group of monkeys are known as a tribe.
• The Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest type
of monkey with the adults weighing
between 120 and 140 grams.
Go and visit the most
famous monkey in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Tiger
• A tiger’s fur naturally hides them
from predators
• A tiger kills around 20 people a
year
• The tiger is the biggest species in
the cat family
• A group of tigers is known as
ambush or streak

Go and visit the most

famous Tiger in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Lion
• Average jump height of a lion
is 12 ft.
• They produce 1-6 young
when giving birth.
• They have the loudest roar.
• They are the second largest
big cat.

Go and visit the most

famous Lion in the world
Advertisement - at the Brookfield Zoo
located in Brookfield,
Illinois.
Giraffe
• Their feet are about 6 feet
long.
• They can run about 35 miles
per hour.
• The giraffes neck is too short
too reach the ground.
• Giraffes are the largest
mammals on earth.

Go and visit the most

famous Giraffe in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Alligators
• There were 13 major attacks in Florida
in 1977 regarding alligators.
• Alligators have 3,000 teeth in a
lifetime.
• Alligators live in freshwater
environments, such as ponds, marshes,
wetlands, rivers, and swamps, as well
as brackish environments.
• The largest males and females will
defend prime territory

Go and visit the most

famous Alligator in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Deer
• One out of 164 drivers claim
that they have hit a deer.
• There were a 166 deaths
recorded due to deer collisions.
• Deer are part of the Cervidae
family that include moose,
reindeer, elk and other species.
• Male deer grow new antlers
each year.
Go and visit the most
famous Deer in the world
Advertisement - at the Brookfield Zoo
located in Brookfield,
Illinois.
Moose
• Moose's have a lifespan of 15-25 years.
• Male moose weigh about 1200-1500
pounds
• Moose are the largest of all the deer
species
• Males are immediately recognizable by
their huge antlers, which can spread 6 feet
from end to end.

Go and visit the most

famous Moose in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Bear
• The 750,000 black bears of North America
kill less than one person per year on the
average.
• The odds of being attacked by a bear is 1 out
of 2.1 million.
• Most attacks by black bears attacks are
defensive reactions to a person who is very
close.
• Polar bears are the largest land predators on
earth, standing over 11' high and weighing
over 1,700 lbs.
Go and visit the most
famous Bear in the world
Advertisement - at the Brookfield Zoo
located in Brookfield,
Illinois.
Eagle
• Bald eagle numbers in the U.S. were
estimated to be between 300,000-500,000
in the 1700s.
• Bald eagle numbers have rebounded since
and now the lower 48 states boast over
5,000 nesting pairs.
• Eagles are some of the largest birds.
• Eagles have amazing eyesight and can
detect prey up to two miles away.

Go and visit the most

famous Eagle in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Turtle
• The average weight of a turtle is
350 pounds to 1500 pounds.
• 4,600 turtles are killed every
year.
• Turtles have a hard shell that
protects them like a shield, this
upper shell is called a 'carapace’.
• Turtles also have a lower shell
called a 'plastron’.
Go and visit the most
famous Turtle in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Rhino
• 25 rhinos are killed every year.
• 1 rhino horn is worth $100,000 per
kilogram.
• There are five different species of
rhinoceros
• The name rhinoceros means 'nose
horn' and is often shortened to
rhino.
Go and visit the most
famous Rhino in the
world at the Brookfield
Advertisement - Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Cheetah
• Females give birth to up to nine cubs
after a gestation period of ninety to
ninety-eight days.
• Females reach sexual maturity within
twenty to twenty-four months.
• Cheetahs are the only big cat that can
turn in mid-air while sprinting.
• Cheetahs have between 2,000 and 3,000
spots, which help them to camouflage
themselves.

Go and visit the most

famous Cheetah in the
Advertisement -world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Jaguar
• There are only 15,000 jaguars left in the
world.
• A jaguar can reach speeds up to 70 mph.
• The name jaguar is derived from the
Native American word yaguar, which
means “he who kills with one leap.”
• Unlike many other cats, jaguars do not
avoid water; in fact, they are quite good
swimmers.
Go and visit the most
famous Jaguar in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Panda
• Around 67 percent of wild pandas live
within the country's 67 nature reserves.
• There are only 1864 pandas alive in the
wild.
• 99% of a Panda's diet consists of bamboo.
• Young elephants, pandas, koalas, and
hippos eat the feces of their mothers.

Go and visit the most

famous Panda in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Koala
• There has been a 51 percent decline in less
than three years.
• There are only 100,000 koalas left in the
wild.
• Koalas can only live in one place in the
world, Australia.
• The koala only eats Eucalyptus leaves and it
eats so many leaves, it smells like the leaves.

Go and visit the most

famous Koala in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
Lemur
• The species' population has fallen to between
2,000 and 2,400 animals.
• There are now fewer ring-
tailed lemurs living in the wild than there are
living in zoos around the world.
• The name Lemur is actually Latin for “spirits
of the night”.
• Ring-tailed Lemurs spend a lot more time on
the ground than other species of lemur.

Go and visit the most

famous Lemur in the
Advertisement - world at the Brookfield
Zoo located in
Brookfield, Illinois.
 References
• https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Statistics/Pages/Market-research-statistics-US-pet-ownership.aspx \
• https://www.mnn.com/earth.../5-startling-statistics-about-elephants-world-elephant-day
• http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/03/monkey-see-monkey-calculate-statistics/ \
• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/tiger.html
• https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2015/05/02/lion-facts.aspx
• https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-giraffes
• https://defenders.org/american-alligator/basic-facts
• www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/deer.html
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/m/moose/
• https://www.factslides.com/s-Bears
• https://onekindplanet.org/animal/eagle/
• www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/turtle.html
• https://onekindplanet.org/animal/cheetah/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/j/jaguar/
• https://www.factslides.com/s-Panda
• https://www.koalaexpress.com.au/facts1.htm
• Google Images