💡 Jungle Animals — Fun Facts

Fun “Did you know?” facts about Jungle Animals — tap through 10 at a time!

The tiger is the biggest of all the big cats.

Tigers are larger than lions, and each tiger has its very own pattern of stripes.

The gorilla is the biggest ape in the world.

A grown gorilla is much heavier than a person, but it mostly eats leaves and plants.

A tree frog has sticky toes that help it climb.

Little sticky pads on its toes grip leaves and branches so it doesn't slip.

Gibbons swing through the trees using their long arms.

They zoom from branch to branch, almost like flying, to travel across the jungle.

A chameleon can look in two directions at the very same time.

Its eyes move on their own, so one eye can look up while the other looks down.

Toucans have big, colorful beaks that are surprisingly light.

The huge beak is mostly hollow inside, so it isn't heavy. It helps the toucan reach fruit.

A sloth moves so slowly that tiny plants grow on its fur.

Green algae grows on the sloth's coat, which helps it blend in with the leafy trees.

The sloth is one of the slowest animals in the world.

Sloths move so slowly — about 4 metres a minute — that tiny green algae can grow on their fur, which helps them hide among the leaves.

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