Did You Know?

• Flamingoes consider it a breeze to fly 130 kilometres – twice a day – to get water.
• 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.
• Hundreds of football sized Brunsvigia bosmaniae flower heads emerge out of the ground at the same time exactly three weeks after autumn’s first 15mm of rain.
• Corals and other marine invertebrates make up 95% of life in the oceans and are responsible for a 10th of the planet’s land.
• 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.