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FACTOID!!
The Goliath frog uses its powerful back legs to escape from attackers. It can jump three metres (10 feet) in a single hop. That's the length of a car.


Haven for whales


Haven for whales
Greenpeace has asked that the northeast Atlantic continental shelf, an area where oil companies hope to drill, be named a UN World Heritage Site. A survey of the area recently conducted by Greenpeace and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society shows that it is home to many more whales and dolphins than previously thought.
10 OCTOBER 1998, P. 21
New Scientist
10 OCTOBER 1998, P. 21

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