http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all Want to impress your friends, family and even your teachers with some fascinating facts - then click below for more detail. Copyright 2009 Lee Valley Regional Park. All rights reserved 3 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) Dragonflies can see in front, behind and at the sides of them all at the same time http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) Many young spiders feed on their mothers body http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) One teaspoon of silk from a spider would make a million webs http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) An otter has very thick coat - A Canadian scientist counted up to 40,000 hairs in one square inch http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index2.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index2.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) The body of the smallest bat found in the UK, the pipistrelle, measures only about 4cm long and weighs around 5 grams - that's less than a £1 coin! http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index2.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index2.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) The tiny Pipistrelle bat can eat over 3000 insects in a night! http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index2.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index2.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) A drop of rain falling into the Thames at its source in the Cotswolds will have been drunk by 8 people before it reaches the sea. http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) A drop of rain falling into the Thames at its source in the Cotswolds will have been drunk by 8 people before it reaches the sea. http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) The Goldcrest has to eat its own weight in food each day to survive the cold, winter nights! http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html Kids Facts Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT admin@leevalleypark.org.uk (Editor) Birds such as the Tufted Duck make a journey of up to 1,200 miles to spend winter in the Lee Valley. In the spring they return Scandinavia or the Baltics to breed. Tufted Ducks can live up to 14 years which means they could travel up to 33,600 miles in their life! http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/kids/kids/know-it-all/index3.html Kids Facts