Mammals - Facts for Kids

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Random Facts About Mammals For Kids

Diet & Feeding

Sheep spend up to one-third of their day chewing their cud!

Young male warthogs leave their family group when they’re about 2 years old!

Margays can copy the sounds of their prey to trick them into coming closer, including the squeaking call of a baby pied tamarin monkey, showing amazing hunting smarts.

Instead of using pee or smelly glands, dholes leave their poop in shared spots called latrines to say, ‘This is our home!’ It’s their special way of showing where they live.

Tapirs can walk sideways to squeeze through narrow gaps in the forest!