Science Facts Set-16

• Jaguar is a well muscled animal. A typical Jaguar weighs 56 to 96 kg.
• Spiders are found in every continent except Antarctica.
• The largest living species of penguin is the Emperor Penguin. It is about 1.1 m tall and it weighs 35 kg or more.
• The average life span of a domestic sheep is 10 to 12 years.
• Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to the Sun.

• Alpine marmot is a type of squirrel which weighs about 5 to 8 kg.
• The Pygmy Marmoset monkey weighs only 120 to 140 grams.
• The whiskers of a cat are highly sensitive to touch.
• The smallest bears are the Sun Bears of Asia, which weigh an average of 65 kg for males and 45 kg for females.
• A Supervolcano is a huge volcano that can produce enormous disaster sometimes on a continental scale.