Banana slugs have 27 thousand teeth… on their tongues.
Meanwhile, crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues at
all.
A dolphin sleeps with one eye open… because only half its
brain sleeps at a time.
And speaking of brains – an ostrich brain is smaller than
its eyeball. So don’t hold your breath waiting for ground-breaking theories
from their camp.
By the way, ostriches do not stick their heads into the
ground or sand or whatever… However, Flamingos can only eat if their heads are upside down.
Goat pupils are rectangles – trust me, they’re very creepy.
Hippos are so dang cool, they do not sweat. But they do
secrete their own sunscreen…
I wonder if it
smells like coconuts.
Um, No.
But yes, yes, yes! You’ve probably guessed –
It’s National
Trivia Day!
This has got to be one of my favorites –
The one day of the year I can yammer with abandon about all
of the useless facts I’ve acquired as a writer for the children’s educational
market…
What delicious and frivolous joy!
By the way, the next time your mom or wife complains
about the birthing process –
let her know that kiwi birds lay eggs that are half their
body weight….
Then duck.
PROMPT: When
you need a story start – think trivia. How about a story about those
beleaguered banana slug dentists? What if goats are really the aliens among us?
How about dolphin-sleep as a super power? Goodness
knows, I could have used that one in Macroeconomics class.
