• Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. • If a person or an animal is born colourblind, they instantly have excellent night vision.• In seahorses, its the male who gives birth to the young.• You shed and regrow your skin every 28 days, thats about 1000 times in a lifetime.• The blue whale can produce the loudest sound among all animals - up to 188 decibels - and detected as far away as 853 km/s • The giraffe is one of the quietest animals: it has no vocal chords to make any noise.• Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. • Mosquitoes like the scent of estrogen, hence, women get bitten by mosquitoes more often than men do. • The Brazilian “railroad worm” has a head that glows with a red light, and has a green light on its side.• The biggest egg in the world is the ostrich egg. It could take as many as 30 chicken eggs to equal its volume, and up to 2 hours to hard boil.• The largest frog in the world is ‘The Goliath Frog of Gabon’ in West Africa. It can grow as big as 33cm long and up to 3kg heavy. • The life of an eyelash is about 5 months. • When the queen of a clownfish school dies, a male clownfish changes its gender to become female and takes her place. Friday James is an S5 student at Lycee De Kigali Secondary School Contact: jamiefrings@yahoo.com
