1)
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
2)
The membranes in a dog's nose, if unfolded and laid out, would be larger
than the dog itself.
3)
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
4)
The silkworm moth has eleven brains.
5)
When a dolphin is sick or injured, its cries of distress summon
immediate aid from other dolphins, who try to support it to the surface so that
it can breathe.
6)
The leech has 32 brains.
7)
An eagles nest can weigh as much as two tons.
8)
The common Black Ants and Wood Ants have no sting, but they can squirt a
spray of formic acid. Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants
squirt formic acid which gets rid of the parasites.
9)
If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall,
you are entitled to receive $10 from the town.
10) Desert rats can copulate 122 times
an hour.
11) A duck's quack doesn't echo, and
no one knows why.
12) The praying mantis is the only
insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.
13) The Galpagos Tortoise has a
potential life span of 200 years.
14) A pregnant goldfish is called a
twit.
15) Cats rarely meow at each other.
Meowing is reserved for "speaking" with humans.
16) Ticks are second only to the
mosquito as the most dangerous parasites to humans.
17) According to one study, plant and
animal species are becoming extinct at the rate of 17 per hour.
18) Polar Bears cannot be detected by
infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur.
19) Snakes can see through their
eyelids.
20) When two dogs approach each other,
the dog which wags its tail very slowly is in charge.
21) The most common name for a
goldfish is "Jaws."
22) The blood of a grasshopper is not
red, but white.
23) Reindeer eat moss because it
contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
24) 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters
are born bright blue.
25) Dragonflies have the largest eyes
and sharpest eyesight of any insect... each eye is made up of more than 30,000
separate rod-like units.
26) Crocodiles never outgrow the pools
in which they live. That means that if you put a baby croc in an aquarium, it
would be little for the rest of its life.
27) Rats are omnivorous, eating nearly
any type of food, including dead and dying members of their own species.
28) Great White Sharks can go as long
as three months without eating.
29) Moths are unable to fly during an
earthquake.
30) Male anglerfish physically attach
themselves to females early in life. The females continue to grow but the males
don't. The males are parasites. Over time, they lose most of their inner organs
and depend on the female's bodies to survive. Two males may live off one
female.
31) The hydra - a close relative of
jellyfish and sea anemones, can regenerate or grow back if it's cut in half.
32) Mexico is the world's pig tapeworm
capital with estimates that about 4 percent of all Mexicans have the adult
tapeworm in their intestine.
33) Eighty-five percent of all life on
Earth is Plankton.
34) Polar Bears can run at 25 miles an
hour and jump over 6 feet in the air.
35) A female oyster over her lifetime
may produce over 100 million young.
36) The remains of diatoms, algae with
hard shells, are used in making pet litter, cosmetics, pool filters and tooth
polish.
37) Scientists found a whole new
phylum of animal on a lobster's lip.
38) Jellyfish have no brains, yet they
can tell light from dark and sense movement.
39) Armadillos have four babies at a
time, and they are always the same sex.
40) Crickets have ears on their front
legs.
41) On a beach holiday, you are more
likely to die from a coconut falling on your head than a shark attack.
42) A dairy cow drinks 20-50 gallons
of water a day - about as much as a full bathtub.
43) A dog's sense of smell is 1,000
times more sensitive than a humans.
44) Elephants have been known to
remain standing after they die.
45) Shrimp can only swim backwards.
46) If you could count the number of
times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again,
you would have the correct temperature in Celcius degrees.
47) The pistol shrimp catches its prey
by surprising it with a loud banging noise made with its claws.
48) The strongest animal in the world
is the rhinoceros beetle. It can lift 850 times its own weight. That would be
the equivalent of a man carrying 76 family-sized cars around on his back
49) A Platypus is one of two mammals
that lays eggs and nurses it's young on milk - the other is an echidna.
50) Of the approximately 200 eggs laid
by a female leatherback sea turtle an average of two will survive their youth
and grow to sexual maturity.
51) Pets like the sound of laughter,
and most know when you're in pain.
52) It takes 12 bees their entire
lifetime to make a tablespoon of honey.
53) Nearly three percent of the ice in
Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
54) Flies have 4000 lenses in each
eye.
55) The female blue crab can lay up to
one million eggs in a day.
56) Living organisms on Earth can
thrive as deep as 2 miles down.
57) The slightest touch on a cat's
whiskers will make its eyes blink.
58) When subjected to an electric
current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.
59) The mortality rate if bitten by a
Black Mamba snake is over 95%.
60) The Chameleon can focus its eyes
seperately to watch two objects at once.
61) HONEYBEES have hairs on their eyes
to help them collect pollen.
62) A CAT uses its whiskers to
determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
63) The Dodo Bird was first discovered
in 1507 - 100 years later it was hunted to extinction.
64) A cat's tongue consists of small
"hooks," which come in handy when tearing up food.
65) The snow leopard protects itself
from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its
nose.
66) Shrimps' hearts are in their
heads.
67) Spider-Goat - Scientists have
managed to mix a goat with a spider to create a goat that produces spider's
silk in its milk. The goats look completely normal, and they are in fact only
1/70,000th spider. By inserting just one spider gene into a goat's egg, the
adult goat produces milk that can be processed to create an incredibly strong
spider's silk fabric. The 'Biosteel' fabric is estimated to be five times as
strong as steel, and about the same weight as cotton.
68) Kiwi birds are blind, they hunt by
smell.
69) Hummingbirds consume half of their
body weight in food every day.
70) Rhinos are in the same family as
horses, and are thought to have inspired the myth of the unicorn.
71) The small Darwin's frog, which
lives in Chile's cool forest streams, nurtures its young in an unusual manner.
After the female lays 30 or so eggs, the male guards them for two weeks and
then swallows the surviving ones. In the male's vocal pouch, the offspring
develop until they're able to survive on their own and hop out.
72) The giant cricket of Africa enjoys
eating human hair.
73) There are 1600 calories in a pint
of Hippopotamus milk.
74) Camels have three eyelids to
protect themselves from blowing sand.
75) The sting of a Box Jelly can kill
a human within three minutes.
76) The male praying mantis cannot
copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by
ripping the male's head off.
77) Oysters can change from one gender
to another and back again.
78) Butterflies taste with their hind
feet.
79) All elephants walk on tip-toe,
because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.
80) The call of the humpback whale is
louder than Concorde and can be heard from 500 miles away.
81) A dragonfly's penis is
shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's
impregnating.
82) The fingerprints of koala bears
are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they
could be confused at a crime scene.
83) Ants are said to never cross a
chalk line. So if you've got ants, draw a line on the floor with chalk or
wherever the ants are coming in and see for yourself
84) Blue Whales weigh as much as 30
elephants and are as long as three greyhound buses.
85) Squids can commit suicide by eating
their own tentacles.
86) Some scientists think that 10% of
the animal biomass of the world is ants.
87) The world smallest mammal is the
bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
88) The sailfish, the swordfish and
the mako shark have all been clocked at swimming over 50mph.
89) Some ribbon worms will eat
themselves if they can’t find any food.
90) Inbreeding causes 3 out of every
10 Dalmatian dogs to suffer from hearing disability.
91) A quarter of the horses in the US
died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.
92) A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7
tons of oil in it.
93) Australian termites have been
known to build mounds twenty feet high and at least 100 feet wide.
94) Birds do not sleep in their nests.
They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places
95) Snakes always keep their eyes
open, even when they are asleep.
96) Sharks can sense a drop of blood
from 2.5 miles away.
97) Many fish can change sex during
the course of their lives. Others, especially rare deep-sea fish, have both
male and female sex organs
98) The oceans contain 99 percent of
the living space on the planet.
99) The muzzle of a lion is like a
fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
100)
A whale's penis is called a dork.
101)
The koala does not need to drink liquids; it can obtain all of its
liquids from eucalyptus leaves which are 50 percent water.
102)
Ants don't sleep.
103)
An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off
intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.
104)
The oarfish, Regalecus glesne, is the longest bony fish in the world.
With its snakelike body sporting a magnificent red fin along its 50-foot length
horselike face and blue gills, it accounts for many sea-serpent sightings.
105)
The black bulldog ant from Australia is the most dangerous ant in the
world. It stings and bites at the same time and has killed humans.
106)
The word kangaroo means "I don't know" in the language of
Australian aborigines. When Captain Cook approached natives of the Endeavor
River tribe to ask what the strange animal was, he got kangaroo for an answer.
107)
If a tiger loses all his hair, he’ll still be striped. Tiger stripes are
like fingerprints, each individual cat’s markings are unique. And they’re not
just hair, the stripes are in their skin.
108)
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
109)
Animal Group Names:
110)
A group of Alligators are called a Congregation
111)
A group of Apes are called a Shrewdnes or Troop
112)
A group of Bacteria are called a Culture
113)
A group of Barracudas are called a Battery
114)
A group of Bats are called a Colony or Cloud
115)
A group of Bloodhounds are called a Sute
116)
A group of Bobolinks are called a Chain
117)
A group of Buzzards are called a Wake
118)
A group of Camels are called a Caravan, Train or Flock
119)
A group of Caterpillars are called an Army
120)
A group of stray/wild Cats are called a Destruction
121)
A group of Cattle are called a Drove, Herd or Team
122)
A group of Cheetahs are called a Coalition
123)
A group of Clams are called a Bed
124)
A group of Cobras are called a Quiver
125)
A group of Cockroaches are called a Intrusion
126)
A group of Cod are called a Lap
127)
A group of Coyotes are called a Band
128)
A group of Crabs are called a Cast
129)
A group of Crocodiles are called a Bask or Float
130)
A group of Crows are called a Murder, Horde, Parcel or Storytelling
131)
A group of Dolphins are called a Pod
132)
A group of Donkeys are called a Drove, Pace or Herd
133)
A group of Eagles are called a Convocation or Aerie
134)
A group of Eels are called a Swarm, Bed, Fry
135)
A group of Elephants are called a Herd or Memory
136)
A group of Emus are called a Mob
137)
A group of Falcons are called a Cast
138)
A group of Ferrets are called a Business, Cast or Fesnying
139)
A group of Finches are called a Charm
140)
A group of Flamingoes are called a Stand or Flamboyance
141)
A group of Flies are called a Business, Swarm or Cloud
142)
A group of Frogs are called an Army, Colony or Knot
143)
A group of Fox are called a Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead or Troop
144)
A group of Giraffesare called a Tower
145)
A group of Gnats are called a Cloud, Horde or Swarm
146)
A group of Goats are called a Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd or Flock
147)
A group of Goldfish are called a Glint or Troubling
148)
A group of Gorillas are called a Band or Troop
149)
A group of Grasshoppers are called a Cloud
150)
A group of Greyhounds are called a Leash
151)
A group of Gulls are called a Colony or Screech
152)
A group of Guinea Fowl are called a Confusion
153)
A group of Hedgehogs are called an Array
154)
A group of Herons are called a Sedge, Siege or Hedge
155)
A group of Herring are called a Army or Shoal
156)
A group of Hippopotamuses are called a Bloat
157)
A group of Hornets are called a Nest or Bike
158)
A group of Hummingbirds are called a Charm
159)
A group of Hyenas are called a Cackle
160)
A group of Jellyfish are called a Smack or Brood
161)
A group of Kangaroos are called a Troop, Mob or Herd
162)
A group of Lapwings are called a Deceit
163)
A group of Larks are called a Exaltation or Ascension
164)
A group of Leopards are called a Leap
165)
A group of Lice are called a Flock
166)
A group of Lions are called a Pride, Sault or Troop
167)
A group of Lizards are called a Lounge
168)
A group of Locusts are called a Plague
169)
A group of Magpies are called a Tiding, Gulp, Murder or Charm
170)
A group of Martens are called a Richness
171)
A group of Mice are called a Mischief
172)
A group of Midges are called a Bite
173)
A group of Minnows are called a Shoal, Steam, Swarm
174)
A group of Moles are called a Labor, Company or Movement
175)
A group of Monkeys are called a Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload or
Tribe
176)
A group of Mosquitoes are called a Scourge
177)
A group of Mudhens are called a Fleet
178)
A group of Mules are called a Pack, Span, Barren or Rake
179)
A group of Nightingales are called a Watch
180)
A group of Otters are called a Romp, Bevy, Family or Raft
181)
A group of Owls are called a Parliament or Stare
182)
A group of Oxen are called a Team, Yoke or Drove
183)
A group of Oysters are called a Bed
184)
A group of Parrots are called a Company or Pandemonium
185)
A group of Peacocks are called a Muster, Ostentation or Pride
186)
A group of Pelicans are called a Pod
187)
A group of Pigeons are called a Flight, Flock or Kit
188)
A group of Porcupines are called a Prickle
189)
A group of Prairie Dogs are called a Coterie
190)
A group of Quail are called a Bevy or Covey
191)
A group of Raccoons are called a Gaze
192)
A group of Rats are called a Colony, Pack, Plague or Swarm
193)
A group of Rattlesnakes are called a Rhumba
194)
A group of Ravens are called a Unkindness or Storytelling
195)
A group of Rhinoceroses are called a Crash or Stubbornness
196)
A group of Salmon are called a Run
197)
A group of Sandpipers are called a Fling
198)
A group of Sardines are called a Family
199)
A group of Scorpions are called a Bed or Nest
200)
A group of Seals are called a Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd or Rookery
201)
A group of Sharks are called a Shiver, School or Shoal
202)
A group of Sheep are called a Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack or
Trip
203)
A group of Skylarks are called a Exultation
204)
A group of Snails are called a Escargatoire, Rout or Walk
205)
A group of Snakes are called a Den, Nest, Pit, Bed or Knot
206)
A group of Sparrows are called a Host
207)
A group of Spiders are called a Cluster or Clutter
208)
A group of Squirrels are called a Dray or Scurry
209)
A group of Stingrays are called a Fever
210)
A group of Storks are called a Mustering or Muster
211)
A group of Swallows are called a Flight or Gulp
212)
A group of Termites are called a Colony, Nest, Swarm or Brood
213)
A group of Tigers are called a Streak, Ambush
214)
A group of Toads are called a Knot, Knab or Nest
215)
A group of Trout are called a Hover
216)
A group of Turkeys are called a Rafter, Gang or Posse
217)
A group of Turtles are called a Bale, Nest, Turn or Dole
218)
A group of Vultures are called a Venue
219)
A group of Walruses are called a Herd or Pod
220)
A group of Weasles are called a Gang, Colony or Pack
221)
A group of Whales are called a Pod, Gam, Herd, School or Mod
222)
A group of Wombats are called a Wisdom
223)
A group of Woodcocks are called a Fall
224)
A group of Woodpeckers are called a Descent
225)
A group of Worms are called a Bed, Clew, Bunch or Clat
226)
A group of Wrens are called a Herd
227)
A group of Zebras are called a Crossing, Zeal, Cohorts or Herd
228)
An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while
cruising at 25 mph.
229)
The largest group of insects are the beetles with over 400,000 different
species.
230)
Of all known forms of animal life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about
10 percent still exist today.
231)
Today's cattle are descended from two species: wild aurochs -- fierce and
agile herd animals that populated Asia, North Africa and Europe -- and eotragus
-- anantelope-like, Asian forest creature.
232)
The small Darwin's frog, which lives in Chile's cool forest streams,
nurtures its young in an unusual manner. After the female lays 30 or so eggs,
the male guards them for two weeks and then swallows the surviving ones. In the
male's vocal pouch, the offspring develop until they're able to survive on
their own and hop out.
233)
An octopus will eat its own arms if it gets really hungry.
234)
Hippos have killed more than 400 people in Africa - more than any other
wild animal.
235)
The larva of the polyphemus moth consumes 86,000 times its birth weight
in its first 56 days.
236)
Elephant ears can weigh over 100 pounds and be 6 feet across.
237)
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
238)
If you are bitten by a mosquito, it's usually a female sucking blood
from her victim to get nutrients for making her eggs.
239)
The brown myotis bats' young, when born, are equivalent to a woman
giving birth to a thirty pound baby.
240)
Pigs are the only animal that will drink hard liquor voluntarily.
241)
At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.
242)
A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia
can grow up to fifteen feet in length.
243)
If you have a tape worm, and you put your head over a pot of coffee with
your mouth open the tape worm will crawl out of your mouth and extend toward
the coffee, therefore you can just grab it and pull it out.
244)
Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.
245)
The first animals to survive in orbital spaceflight were the Soviet
dogs, Strelka and Belka, launched in Sputnik 5 in August 1960.
246)
A cockroach can live for nine days without its head.
247)
The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
248)
Of the million-plus species of insects on earth, 3,000 of them are
mosquitoes. More than 165 of those live in the United States.
249)
Mosquitoes have been found to prefer biting people with smelly feet.
250)
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.
251)
Killer Whales kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from
underneath, causing the shark to explode.
252)
Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles
(jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem and with legs
dangling, fall asleep.
253)
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane
crashes.
254)
Elephants have been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean.
255)
A full grown grizzly bear from Western North America can bite through a
piece of steel that is half an inch thick.
256)
Cows do not have upper front teeth.
257)
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
258)
The 25 Ft. long whale shark has more than 4,000 teeth, each only 3mm
long
259)
All clams are born as males. A clam can change to become a female, but
only once, and the change is irreversible.
260)
If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die, as they need gravity
to swallow.
261)
A large swarm of locusts can eat 80,000 tons of corn in a day!
262)
Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes.
263)
Pandas in China have been given Viagra to help them mate.
264)
No two ZEBRAS have the same markings.
265)
Boxers are named for their playful habit of using their front paws in
frolic.
266)
Apart from humans the only land animal that cries is the elephant.
267)
The Honey Badger can withstand hundreds of African bee stings that would
kill any other animal.
268)
Dolphins are the only other animals besides humans that get pleasure out
of sex. They are also the only other animals that have sex for reasons other
than reproduction
269)
The hippopotamus has skin an inch and a half thick, so solid that most
bullets cannot go through.
270)
The penguins that inhabit the tip of South America are called jackass
penguins.
271)
An elephant's brain weighs about five times more than a human brain but
it's body weighs 100 times more than ours.
272)
A swan is the only bird with a penis
273)
Zebras can't see the color orange.
274)
A snail can sleep for three years.
275)
Leatherback turtles' throats have spines that keep slippery prey like
jellyfish from sliding out and escaping.
276)
Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a
lightning strike.
277)
Wounds infested with maggots heal quickly and without spread of gangrene
or other infection.
278)
Blood taken from Polar Bears during the seal-free season showed levels
of cholesterol nearly 25 percent higher than blood taken while the bears had
plenty of seal blubber to eat.
279)
Southern Indian drug addicts get high by having venomous snakes bite
their tongues. This can give addicts a 16 hour high, but can be very deadly.
280)
At present even the most powerful PCs cannot process as many
instructions as the .1gm of a goldfish brain.
281)
When an elephant family member dies, they bury them with twigs and
leaves and "cry" for several hours.
282)
By swallowing water, the Puffer fish becomes too big for other fish to
swallow.
283)
The closest relative to the manatee is the elephant. Scientists think
the elephant crawled back into the sea to become a manatee.
284)
The fastest dog, the Saluki, can reach speeds of up to 43 miles per
hour.
285)
Parrots play practical jokes on each other.
286)
A goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and ultraviolet
light.
287)
Some fleas have split penises like a Y shape
288)
Dinosaurs lived on Earth for around 165 million years before they became
extinct
289)
Amazon ants raid the nests of other ants to steal the other ants' larvae
to hatch in their own nest. Then they use the hatched ants to do all their work
for them. Amazon ants are so adapted to fighting that they can't take care of
themselves or their nest - that's why they steal and raise other ants as
slaves.
290)
Mayflies live for a year or more as larvae; but as adults they live for
only a few hours.
291)
One in four animals on our planet is a beetle
292)
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its
eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.
293)
If you take one pound of cobwebs and spread them out in one straight
line, it will go around the earth 2 times.
294)
You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071
ounce of its spray.
295)
Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet.
296)
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
297)
Spider web filaments were used in gun sights as the 'cross hairs' until
the early 1960's.
298)
A blue whale's testicles are as large as a Volkswagen beetle, and a
small child could crawl through their major arteries.
299)
When a female horse and a male donkey mate, the offspring is called a
mule, but when a male horse and a female donkey mate, the offspring is called a
hinny.
300)
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
301)
A blind chameleon still changes colors to match his environment.
302)
The color of a yak's milk is pink.
303)
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
304)
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other
color.
305)
By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.
306)
The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
307)
Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and
2 larger ones in front.
308)
A dolphin's hearing is so acute that it can pick up an underwater sound
from fifteen miles away.
309)
The cheetah can reach a speed of up to 45 miles per hour in only 2
seconds.
310)
Scientists in Brazil have reported the emergence of a species of
superflea; they are bigger than cockroaches and can jump 20 feet.
311)
One species of antelope, the Sitatunga, can sleep underwater.
312)
Scorpions can withstand 200 times more nuclear radiation than humans
can.
313)
The sperm of a MOUSE is longer than the sperm of an elephant.
314)
An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years
315)
Iguanas, koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penises.
316)
Left to their own devices, pearls grow naturally only once in every
20,000 oysters.
317)
Flamingos are not naturally pink. They get their color from their food
-- tiny green algae that turn pink during digestion.
318)
More human deaths have been attributed to FLEAS than all the wars ever
fought.As carriers of the bubonic plague, fleas were responsible for killing
onethird of the population of Europe in the 14th century.
319)
The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
320)
Flamingos have knees that can bend backward.
321)
Siberian tigers are the largest of all of the tiger subspecies. Their
size and extra thick, long coat help them survive temperatures as low as -49
degrees Fahrenheit.
322)
Over 100,000 birds, whales, seals and turtles worldwide are killed by
plastic rubbish every year. Marine life, in particular turtles, is prone to
mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish, ingesting them and dying of intestinal
blockage.
323)
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
324)
It can take a deep-sea clam up to 100 years to reach 0.3 inches in
length. The clam is among the slowest growing, yet longest living species on
the planet.
325)
The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel.
326)
The male platypus has venom strong enough to can kill a small dog and
cause excruciating pain among humans.
327)
The only way to stop the pain of the flathead fish's sting is by rubbing
the same fish's slime on the wound it gave you.
328)
The zorilla is the smelliest animal on the planet. Its anal glands can
be smelled from a half mile away.
329)
If a shark doesn't continually swim, it will sink.
330)
If a cricket were the size of Mount Rushmore, it could jump to the moon.
331)
Mountain goats are not really goats at al. They are small antelopes.
332)
Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.
333)
There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each
year in the US.
334)
Dolphins jump out of the water to conserve energy. It's easier to move
through the air than through the water.
335)
Herons stamp and peck at mosquitoes around their feet up to three
thousand times an hour. This behaviour prevents more then 80 percent of the
mosquitoes from feeding on the heron's blood.
336)
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a
million descendants.
337)
The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.
338)
The air is so polluted in Cubato, Brazil, that no birds or insects
remain and most trees are blackened stumps. It's Mayor reportedly refuses to
live there.
339)
Tuna swim at a steady rate of nine miles per hour for an indefinite
period of time - and they never stop moving. Tunas will suffocate if they ever
stop swimming. They need a continual flow of water across their gills to
breathe, even while they rest. Estimates indicate that a 15 year old tuna
travels one million miles in its lifetime.
340)
If you fill a standard 750ml wine bottle with live hornets, their angry
buzzing will resonate at precisely the right frequency to shatter the glass.
341)
Mosquito repellents don't repel - they hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
342)
The bald eagle is truly an all-American bird - it is the only eagle
unique to North America.
343)
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
344)
Crocodiles are
blind in the water but very keen of sight in the air.
345)
Crocodiles are
color-blind.
346)
Owls are
the only bird that can see the color blue.
Unlike all other insects, flies have five eyes. They have two large eyes
and three smaller eyes between them.
Snails have four noses.
347)
Giraffes have no vocal chords.
348)
The
tongues of chameleons are as long as it’s body or even longer. Some chameleon
types have a tongue longer than two times of it’s body.
349)
The
tongues of chameleons are faster than a fighter jet.
350)
The eyes
of ostrich’s are bigger than their brains
351)
An ant can lift fifty times of it’s own weight
A cockroach can survive without it’s head for
nine days. At the end of nine day, it dies because of hunger.
A tarantula can survive for more than two years
without food.
352)
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