Аnimals and insects
"Orangutan " translates as "man of the jungle " in some languages of Africa. 99% of the living creatures that ever inhabited the Earth are dead . Forests are affected by the contraceptives. During the First World War , South African monkey received a medal and even was awarded a military rank Corporal . Hippopotamuses are the heaviest mammals on our planet after the elephants. Weight up to 4 tons. Dolphins sleep with one open eye. Wild geese are monogamous . Crocodiles kill more than a thousand people each year on the banks of the Nile . When a giraffe's baby is born, it falls from a height of 6ft, usually without being hurt. Rats appeared on Earth 48 million years earlier than people . Sloths spend 75 % of their lives sleeping . Favorite horse of Napoleon Bonaparte was called Marengo . T here are about 4000 species of frogs. Bass inhabiting the Black Sea, in...