12. Anacondas can hold their breathe for 10 minutes at a time As well as being able to hold their breath for ages, anacondas have eyes and nostrils on the tops of their heads so that they can keep a look out above a river’s surface while the rest of the snake is still underwater....
Animals that start with A include mammals such as the aardvark, African bush elephant, Arctic fox and aye-aye; reptiles such as alligators, anacondas and the alligator snapping turtle; amphibians such as the African clawed toad and axolotl; and birds such as albatrosses and auks. On this page...