Bearded dragons are very calm. They come from Australia. They are called bearded dragons because when they are angry, the spines on their throat puff out.

Mantis shrimp have sixteen rods and cones in their eyes. They are capable of breaking aquarium glass.

Goldfish were domesticated in China about 2,000 years ago. In Japan, during summer festivals, a game called goldfish scooping is played.

Komodo dragons have venomous saliva. They can locate a dead or dying animal from a range of 5.9 miles. They live in the islands of Indonesia, and are capable of eating very large animals. In Indondesia they put the image of the komodo dragon on a coin

The Goliath birdeater lives in the rain forest. It eats birds, spiders, crickets, frogs, toads, lizards, snakes and cockroaches. It can have a venomous bite for killing prey, or a non-venomous bite for self defense. It is the world’s second largest spider.

The first reported attacks occurred in March 1995 in Puerto Rico. In this attack eight sheep were found dead, each with three puncture wounds in the chest area, and completely drained of blood.

The kracken’s habitat is the Greenland sea. Since the 18th century, the kracken have been depicted in a number of ways, primarily as a large octopus-like creature. It has often been alleged that Pontoppidan’s kracken might have been based on sailor’s observations of the giant squid.