Lions, Tigers and Elephants?

I have already told you guys that I'm going to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's at the end of the month, and I feel that its not fair that I advertised all about me going here, in SoCal, so I thought I would post a link for you guys, who live all over the place, so you can see when they will be coming to a city near you. For instance, many of my friends live in the great state of idaho....guess what! They will be in Nampa beginning of Sept :) Click HERE for the schedule 

I can't wait to post pictures, but until then here are some fun facts about the animals in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey....

Lions

·      A male lion’s roar can be heard for up to five miles.

·      Male lions are the only felines that have manes.

·      When lions walk, their heels do not touch the ground.

·      Lions have been known to live nearly 30 years in captivity and have an average life span of 15 years in the wild.

·      The lionesses, female lions, are usually the best hunters. 

Tigers

·      Tigers can eat more than 100 lbs. of meat a day. That is like eating 400 hamburgers!

·      A tiger can bite down so hard it would be like getting pierced with a nail that weighs 300 lbs.

·      No two tigers are alike; their stripes are like human fingerprints, each one is unique. 

Elephants

·      Elephants drink 100 times more water than humans do. That is like drinking 800 glasses of water a day!

·      A full grown elephant’s tooth weighs about the same as a nine-pound bowling ball!

·      When elephants swim, they use their trunks like snorkels!

Dragons! 

This show has dragons in it!! I can't wait, I think Jack (my son) is going to flip :) 

·      A dragon’s bones are hollow, like a bird. Their light weight helps them fly at great speeds!

·      Dragon scales renew themselves as they grow, just like your fingernails!

·      The dragon is the largest known flying creature.

·      Dragons have shiny scales covering their whole bodies, just like snakes.

·      Dragons have a third lung that stores methane; they use this lung when they want to breathe FIRE!

Ringling Dragon

·      The dragon measures in at 22 feet — that is more than five times taller than Paulo!

·      The dragon in the show has nearly 2,000 scales that were each hand-sewn.

·      Building the dragon took close to 5,000 hours of manpower over two and a half months.

·      Our dragon weighs 4,000 lbs — that’s half the weight of a full-grown elephant!

ok now I have some cupcakes :) recipe in two days, stay tuned. 

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