They make no swimming motions and can ride the wake for more than an hour. They can also turn on their side or flip completely around. They are able to live in these crushing depths by pumping gas into their swim bladder. There have been actual documented cases from all over the world of fish, frogs, dead birds, snakes, snails, beetles, worms and jellyfish raining down from the sky in great numbers, but no reports of showers of cats or dogs. The blue whale, the largest animal to have ever existed, is 96 feet long and weights 125 tons.
Some animals produce their own lights, called bioluminescence.
The Brazilian railroad worm has a red light on its head and green lights down its side. All it needs to drive on the street is a turn signal. The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly at a speed of 168-217 miles per hour. The largest egg laid by a living bird is that of the North African Ostrich.