Did You Know?

• The world’s oceans produce over half the oxygen in the air we breathe.
• Small male cuttlefish resort to sneaky tactics in the mating game – even pretending to be female to get in with the ladies.
• Older vogelkop bowerbirds have especially stylish homes, decorated with thousands of colourful objects from the forest and even carpeted with moss.
• The muscle that lets your eye blink is the fastest muscle in your body. It allows you to blink 5 times a second. On average, you blink 15 000 times a day.
• The crimson resin that gives the dragon’s blood tree its name is used to cure ailments, decorate houses and even as lipstick.