Fun Science Facts

DID YOU KNOW ? ? ?

1. The biggest egg in the world is the ostrich egg which is also the largest existing cells. It could take as many as 30 chicken eggs to equal its volume, and up to 2 hours to hard boil.

2. When the queen of a clown fish school dies, a male clownfish changes its gender to become female and takes her place.

3. A kind of jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula) upon reaching adulthood can transform itself back to childhood by converting its cells. It may repeat this to live forever.

4. To avoid predators, a mother Slow Loris licks its offspring with poison before sending them off to search for food.

5. The lightest organ in the human body is the lung.