Fun Facts

Fun Facts About Rochelle

Strauss is German for ostrich, which is why Rochelle`s business logo has an ostrich on it. When she was growing up, her parents always took family portraits at the zoo in front of the ostrich exhibit!
Among Rochelle`s favourite species on the Tree of Life are dolphins, nudibranchs, bromeliads, penguins…and of course, her son.
When she was growing up, Rochelle wanted to be a professional baseball player (a pitcher) for the Montreal Expos or the "Jane Goodall" of the oceans.
Rochelle`s favourite books as a child were Corduroy, Winnie-the-Pooh and anything by Jacques Cousteau. Today, one of her favourite children`s authors is Mo Willems and her favourite adult author is Barbara Kingsolver.

Over 1,000,000 tiny droplets of water are needed to make a single drop of rain.
It takes about 147,000 litres of water (38,800 US gal) to make the average car, but only 130 litres (34 US gal) to make a bike.
In your lifetime you will drink the equivalent of a swimming pool of water.
Africa is home to three times more people than all of North America...yet North Americans use three times more water!
The ocean's largest animal - the blue whales - eats some of the tiniest creatures on the planet, plankton.
There are over 1.75 million known species on the planet...over 70% of them are invertebrates.
Beetles are one of the most diverse species on the planets – there are over 350,000 different kinds! In fact, there are more species of beetles than there are species of plant.
The arctic tern migrates over 35,000 km (22,000 miles) every year – from the North Pole to the South Pole and back again.