Did You Know?

• A Kasanka bat colony consumes six million kg of fruit per night. An area the size of Central Park in Kasanka is home to up to 11 million fruit bats.
• The acceleration of a chameleon’s tongue is five times faster than an F16 fighter jet.
• Female ring-tailed lemurs are only receptive to mating for one day each year, sometimes for a window of only six hours.
• The dragon’s blood tree only lives on the Arabian island of Soqotra, high in the mountains, where it catches water from the early morning mists.
• In breeding season, flamingoes gather in groups of up to a hundred, flashing their feathers and strutting their stuff in unison.