Mammals - Facts for Kids

A tapir’s tongue can be up to 14 inches (35 centimeters) long!

A zebra’s stripes help protect them from biting flies, who have trouble landing on the striped pattern!

One pound of sheep’s wool can be spun into roughly 500 to 1,000 yards (0.3 to 0.6 miles / 0.5–1 km) of yarn!

Sifaka lemurs have powerful legs that let them jump more than 20 feet (6 meters) in a single bound — that’s about the length of a school bus!

Three-toed sloths typically feed on only about 40 different species of trees and are much pickier eaters than two-toed sloths!