Did you know?
- Ospreys have a transparent eyelid that protects their eyes underwater.
- Common frogs can breathe and drink through their skin.
- Dormice can spend nearly nine months of the year asleep.
- Painted lady butterflies can migrate an amazing 5,000 miles.
- Common cuttlefish can rapidly change colour and texture to merge into their background.
- Peregrine falcons are capable of super speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.
- Sea Grass is responsible for 15% of the ocean’s total carbon absorption.
- Oyster mushrooms are carnivores that secrete a powerful toxin to stun passing microscopic worms.
- Sphagnum mosses can soak up more than eight times their own weight in water.
- Yew trees live an exceptionally long time. One tree in Llangernyw is estimated to be as old as 5,000 years.
As a nature lover, you too have a super power! Once you have provided for your loved ones, you can help protect local wildlife and wild places for future generations by leaving a gift in your Will to North Wales Wildlife Trust.