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Animals

• Mosquitoes don't drink human blood for food. Females drink human blood so they can reproduce. As soon as the female lays it's eggs, it dies. Males feed on nectar and they pollinate our gardens.
  
• A lions roar can be heard from a mile away.


• Vampire bats do not suck blood. They make a wound with their teeth and their saliva keeps the blood from clotting. Then they lap up the flowing blood. Vampire bats feed mostly on cattle blood. The digestion of the blood causes the toxic gas ammonia (NH3) to form.
  
• Pet owners released the Burmese pythons into Florida's Everglade swamps. Those pythons then started breeding and also devouring America's famous American alligator.


• Venomous snakes usually have their fangs in the front of their mouth, and non poisonous have them in the back of their mouth. But there are a few exceptions.


• Peregrine falcons are the fastest animals on earth. They dive at a top speed of 200mph


• Crab spiders wait on plants and blend into in so when insects land to pollinate, they are devoured. Even stinging insects cannot escape because they are not fast enough for the crab spider.

Ancient History

• The first laws were made by king Hummarbi of Bablyon which is now Iraq.


• Who was Ancient Egypt's greatest warrior-king? It was Ramses II he fought a great battle Kadesh to be in control of Syria and many other battles.


• The word mummy(not mom) comes from the Persian word tar because when they were in control they thought a mummy was nothing but tar and linen wrappings. But this process took over a month. They take out the organs except for the heart. They think that the heart will help the king or queen with after life. Once the body is dried they stuff the mouth with linen and spices. The priest in charge wears a jackal mask to represent Anubis the god of the dead.