WORLD RECORDS

The cheetah is the fastest animal, it runs 97 kilometers per hour! 

The blue whale is the biggest mammal living on the Earth. It measures over 33 meters long! The Blue whale lives in the ocean. 

Eventhough the whale is the biggest mammal, the African Elephant is also very big! It is the biggest mammal to live on land today. It lives in Africa.

Giraffes also live in Africa. Giraffe's can grow up to 5.8 m (19.3 ft). Giraffes are herbivores, meaning they eat plants rather than meat. They use their long necks and tongues to eat the leaves on trees.  

Giraffes are a protected species. There are only around a 100,000 giraffes in the wild today. 

The world's smallest mammal is a bird and it can fly. The bee hummingbird is about the size of a large bee. It looks like a bee, but it's actually a BIRD! It's wings can beat at 8–10 beats per second.

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, it is so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. They live in south america and central america. Sloths like warm weather.

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

Fastest mammal       Slowest mammal        Biggest mammal       Biggest land mammal 

Tallest mammal      Smallest mammal

 Fill in the blanks using the superlatives above.

Sloth  ________________

Cheetah ________________

Giraffe___________________

Hummingbird_________________

Blue whale ___________________

African Elephant_________________