Mammals - Facts for Kids

Cougars use their powerful jaws to break the neck of their prey, making their hunting quick and efficient!

Elephant calves learn to walk in the first few hours after birth — much faster than human babies!

A hyena can smell food from farther away than the length of 40 school buses!

Elephants can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour (40 kilometers per hour) — faster than any human!

A lion’s roar is created by air passing through flexible vocal folds in its throat, supported by a stretchy hyoid apparatus