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- The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest.
- The blue whale is the largest creature that has ever lived on earth. It tips the scales at a whopping 170 tons - that's the same as about 22 elephants. Its heart is the size of a small car, and its largest blood vessels are wide enough for an adult to swim through without much difficulty.
- A hummingbird's eggs are pea sized. A newborn is about an inch long and weighs about one-third of a U.S. Dime.
- The lion's mane jellyfish is the largest species of jellyfish, reaching a width of 7.5 feet, with tentacles up to 121.4 feet long.
- A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
- Sea otters sometimes hold hands while sleeping to keep from drifting apart.
- In one day, a queen bee can lay up to 1500 eggs in one day.
- Leaf insects take on the appearance of leaves, and even rock back and forth when walking, to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind.
- Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
- The purple frog spends most of the year underground, surfacing for about two weeks, during the monsoon season, in order to mate.
- Dolphins have been trained to turn in trash in exchange for fish. One dolphin was smart enough to hide paper under a rock and tear off small pieces in order to get more fish.
- A chicken loses feathers when it becomes stressed.
- A chicken loses feathers when it becomes stressed.
- A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute.
- Snakes and lizards shed their skin when they grow. Researchers believe that dinosaurs may have done the same.
- Humans have about 10,000 taste buds, but catfish have over 100,000, while chickens have only 24.
- Marine iguanas can stay underwater for up to 30 minutes.
- The world's largest bat is the giant golden-crowned flying fox, a rare fruit bat. It has a wingspan of 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m)
- The world's fattest cat, Meow, weighed 39.6 pounds.
- Elephants can communicate by sound waves below normal human hearing. They can also communicate with seismics, vibrations produced by impacts on the earth's surface.
- The smallest known chameleon, Brookesia micra, from the islet of Nosy Hara in Antsiranana, Madagascar, can grow up to 1.1 inches in length.
- Horses and cows sleep while standing up.
- A cow can give far more milk than a human can consume their lifetime. Any guesses? Almost 200,000 glasses full of milk!
- Scientists have attached stilts to ants' legs to prove that ants reach their goal by counting their steps. Ants with stilts marched past their goal due to the new length of their stride.
- Howler monkeys spend up to 80% of their time resting
- The fastest underwater swimming bird is the Gentoo Penguin, able to swim up to 22 mph (36 km/h)
- A giraffe's tongue grows to about 21 inches in length.
- Crickets taste like roast nuts, scorpions taste like shrimp, and some termites have a mint taste.
- When a hippopotamus stays out of water for too long, it secretes red-colored sweat, to protect itself from the sun.
- Bears live as long as 30 years in the wild. One captive brown bear lived to the age of 47
- The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly.
- Parrots are some of the best known birds in the world. There are about 315 species of parrots found worldwide both in rainforests and other environments.
- The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days.
- Sharks are capable of going at least 6 weeks without eating; the record observed in an aquarium is 15 months by a species of shark known as the swell sharks.
- It takes about 12 bees their entire lifetime to make one teaspoon of honey.
- Many animals swallow rocks, including chickens, penguins, crocodiles, and seals. Rocks that have been swallowed are called gastroliths, meaning "stomach stones".
- Donkeys can live between 30 to 50 years in captivity.
- The largest fish in the world is the whale shark. It can weigh several tons and grow to more than fifty feet in length.
- In the U.S., about 1.2 million dogs and 1.4 million cats are euthanized (put to death) each year.
- The world camel population is close to 19 million.
- If a lobster loses an eye or a claw it can usually grow a new one.
- A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
- The male Darwin's frog keeps his tadpoles in his vocal sac until they develop into frogs. He then coughs them up.
- A honey bee has four wings.
- The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell".
- Male moths can smell female moths from over seven miles away. They do not have noses but detect odor molecules using their antennae.
- The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years.
- Save a Spider Day, celebrated on March 14th, encourages people to appreciate spiders, who eat lots of insects that can spread disease.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
- The Tuatara, a lizard-like reptile from New Zealand has three eyes. The third eye is on top of its head.
- A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat.
- Sharks have upper and lower eyelids, but they do not blink.
- Sometimes octopuses eat their own arms, a behavior probably caused by a virus.
- Giant squids have the largest eyes on the planet, the size of soccer balls.
- The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes.
- The polar bear is the largest and most powerful carnivore on land, has no natural predators, and knows no fear of humans,
- An octopus can squeeze through a one inch hole.
- Reindeer like to eat bananas.
- A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- Minnows have teeth located on a bone in their throat.
- A sword-billed hummingbird can have a beak over four inches long, almost as long as the rest of its body.
- Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time.
- Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and greet them differently, compared with strangers.
- Average hummingbirds weigh less than a penny, beat their wings up to 80 times a second, and are the only birds that can fly backwards.
- Snails and slugs have teeth, which are arranged in rows along their tongues, and used like a file to saw or slice through food.
- Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
- Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
- The only sound Seahorses make is a small clicking or popping sound during feeding or courtship.
- Cicadas can make sounds at up to 120 dB, loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss in humans.
- The giant huntsman spider has the largest leg span, which can reach up to 11 inches.
- Dogs produce sweat only where they are not covered with fur, such as the nose and paw pads.
- In 1681, the last dodo bird died.
- Owls are equipped with 3 eyelids. They have a normal upper and lower eyelid, the upper closing when the owl blinks, and the lower closing up when the Owl is asleep. The third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane, and is a thin layer of tissue that closes diagonally across the eye, from the inside to the outside. This cleans and protects the surface of the eye.
- Atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of the water.
- There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.
- The extinct ancestor of the horse, eohippus, had a short neck and was a bit taller than a normal sized dog.
- Lions drink daily when water is available, but they often go without water for 4-5 days.
- A salmon with two mouths, two sets of teeth and two tongues was caught by Bob Bateman of Canada.
- Unlike most species of snakes, Anacondas give birth to live young, instead of laying eggs.
- Koalas sleep up to 20 hours a day.
- The clown fish has the ability to change its sex. If a breeding female dies, the male fish will change its sex and mate with another male.
- Hippos can have skin 2.4 inches thick.
- The puma and the leopard are the highest jumping mammals. They are able to reach a height of 16.5 feet.
- Male owls weigh less and are smaller than female owls.
- Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day.
- A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds.
- The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
- Turkeys have a wingspan of approximately 4.5 feet.
- Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water forced out of the body by a siphon.
- Some turtles can breathe through their butts.
- Aptostichus barackobamai is a spider named after Barack Obama.
- The bonobos, formerly known as pygmy chimpanzees, are exceptionally peaceful apes. They are an endangered species with only 30-50,000 left.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one hour.
- Anise is the scent on the artificial rabbit that is used in greyhound races.
- The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
- Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old.
- The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces.
- Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time.
- Taipan snakes have 50 times more toxic than a cobra snake.
- Gorillas are considered apes, not monkeys. The way to distinguish between an ape and a monkey is that apes do not have tails.
- Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2) Poodle; 3) Golden retriever.
- Humpback whales are capable of living up to 95 years.
- The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina.
- Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth.
- A mature male gorilla is called a Silverback. This refers to the silver-colored hair covering his back, which occurs when he's about 10-12 years old.
- Like Cupid, male porcupines need to have good aim when attempting to attract a female. Unlike the aforementioned slugs, male porcupines don't shoot "darts," but they do aim a steady stream of urine at their intended-who could be as far as six and a half feet away. If she drenches herself in the shower, she is ready to mate.
- Turkeys lived almost ten million years ago.
- A dog was once the King of Norway for 3 years during the 11th century AD. The Norwegian King, angry his subjects once deposed him put Saur on the throne, demanding that he be treated regally.
- The basilisk lizards can run across the surface of water without sinking.
- Eat like a bird? Many birds eat twice their weight a day.
- If you were to remove the scent receptors from a dog's nose and lay them out flat, they would cover an area greater than the dog itself.
- There are thirty-five thousand kinds of ants in the world.
- A tarantula can survive for more than two years without food.
- The hummingbird's brain, 4.2 percent of its body weight, is proportionately the largest among birds.
- An Animal Hospital Association survey revealed that 62 percent of dog owners sign letter or cards from themselves and their dogs.
- The European rabbit lives underground, in burrows. A group of burrows is known as a warren.
- Domestic dogs are omnivores, they feed on a variety of foods including grains, vegetables and meats.
- Most cats in Halifax (Nova Scotia) have six toes.
- Most snake species can dislocate their jaw, allowing them to swallow prey much larger than themselves.
- Microscopic mites are having incestuous sex-on our eyebrows. A Demodex female mite with no nearby males can reproduce asexually in a process called parthenogenesis. She then mates with her male offspring to produce the next generation. Luckily, they pose no known threat to our health. In fact, we may benefit from them feasting on our dead skin cells.
- The smallest fully-grown fossil dinosaur is the little bird-hipped plant-eater like lesothosaurus, which was only the size of a chicken. Smaller fossilised examples have been found but these are of baby dinosaurs.
- The Toco Toucan is carved onto tribal totem poles and is believed that it can be used by medicine men to fly to the spirit world.
- Of all known forms of animal life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
- The smallest dinosaurs were roughly the same size as today's pigeons.
- Many years ago giraffes were considered gifts of peaces and friendship. Arabs made present of them to rulers in the Far East.
- The domestic cat is the only species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. Wild cats hold their tail horizontally, or tucked between their legs while walking.
- A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.
- Sharks never run out of teeth. If one is lost, another spins forward from the rows and rows of backup teeth.
- The first successful corneal transplant was performed as early as 1835 by a British army surgeon in India whose pet antelope, who had only one eye, had a badly scarred cornea. He removed a cornea from a recently killed antelope and transplanted it into his pet's eye. The operation was a success, and the pet was able to see.
- House flies can travel up to six miles in 24 hours, but they usually prefer to stay close by their breeding ground.
- The kiwi is the only bird with nostrils at the tip of its beak. Whereas other birds hunt by sight or hearing, the national bird of New Zealand uses its beaky nostrils to sniff out food at night. Although the kiwi is roughly the same size as a chicken, it lays an egg which is ten times larger than a hen's.
- A probable identity crisis we have here! Though named polecat, this creature is not a cat but a nocturnal weasel-species in Europe.
- A female dog, her mate and her puppies can produce 12,288 dogs in five years.
- Only full-grown male crickets can chirp.
- The number of human ova necessary to repopulate the world could fit into a chicken egg.
- There are an estimated five million, trillion, trillion bacteria on Earth.
- The "buzzing" of a honey bee comes from the sounds of its wings, which flap at 11,400 strokes per minute.
- In Kingsville, Texas, it is against the law for two pigs to have sex on the city's airport property
- Hippopotamus actually means 'river horse' and, although clumsy and ungainly on land, these animals are extremely agile in the water. They can even run along the bed of a river.
- Macaroni, Gentoo, Chinstrap and Emperor are types of penguins.
- When the Black Death swept across England one theory was that cats caused the plague. Thousands were slaughtered. Ironically, those that kept their cats were less affected, because they kept their houses clear of the real culprits, rats.
- To purr, cats use extra tissue in the larynx (voice box). This tissue vibrates when they purr.
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- Ostriches are the largest, tallest and heaviest bird
- There are well over 1 billion cattle in the world.
- Beeswax production in most hives is about 1 1/2% to 2% of the total honey yield.
- There are around 200 different owl species.
- The infamous Tyrannosaurus rex was 40 feet (12.4 m) long, 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6 m) tall and weighing from 5 to 7 tons. First T-rex fossils were found by Barnum Brown in 1902.
- There are over over 100,000 wasp species in the world.
- A group of owls is called a parliament
- Irish Wolfhound dogs have a short lifespan and live about 7-8 years.
- A particular Asian moth has evolved to feed on the tears of buffalo.
- The first dinosaur to be named was Megalosaurus. It was named in 1824 by Reverend William Buckland. Megalosaurus means 'great lizard' and it was about 9 metres long, and 3 metres tall.
- Wild Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of algae and brine shrimp.
- You would have to milk 260 cows for an entire year to fill a space shuttle's external fuel tank with 529,000 gallons of milk.
- Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green.
- Chickens absorb vitamin-D through their combs from sunshine.
- The closest relative to the manatee is the elephant. Scientists think the elephant crawled back into the sea to become a manatee.
- Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
- There are over 60 different species of eagle.
- Spiders, together with scorpions, belong to the group of arachnids. Arachnids have eight legs while insects have six legs.
- Seahorses swim with their head up and tail down.
- Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian or some other Slavic tongue.
- Larger parrots such as the macaws and cockatoos live more than 75 years.
- The animal in the Firefox logo isn't a Fox. It's a Red Panda.
- Over 16,000 religious festivals across Spain are said to involve animal cruelty. About 60,000 animals die every year on them.
- Alex, an African grey parrot, was the first and only non-human animal to ask an existential question: he asked what color he was.
- The ""No Animals Were Harmed"" moniker on movies only applies while film is actually recording."
- The fur of the binturong, also known as the "Asian Bear Cat," smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail.
- The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles.
- Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison.
- Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell.
- Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do.
- The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
- The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half.
- Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.
- A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
- Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days.
- Emus cannot walk backwards.
- The only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle.
- Some octopuses have been known to eat their arms off when they are exposed to stressful situations.
- The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton.
- Some snails live on branches in trees.
- Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year.
- The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour.
- Rabbits can live up to ten years.
- The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hound.
- The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal.
- The word "moose" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater."
- On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day.
- There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers.
- A rabbit is not able to vomit.
- Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph.
- One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.
- The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds.
- Any animal that has skin hair or fur can get dandruff, but in animals it is called "dander."
- A leech has 32 brains.
- The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.
- Armadillos breed in July, but get pregnant in November after delaying implantation. This allows the young to be born during the spring when there is an abundance of food.
- Crabs have very small hairs on their claws and other parts of their body to help detect water currents and vibrations.
- Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.
- Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.
- The biggest bug in the world is the Goliath Beetle which can weigh up to 3.5 ounces and be 4.5 inches long.
- The fat that comes from sheep, which is called tallow, can also be used to produce soap and candles.
- Goats do not have upper front teeth.
- On average, a beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.
- The fastest shark is the "Shortfin Mako," which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour.
- The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet.
- A slug has four noses.
- An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day.
- Panthers are known as black leopards, as they are the same species of leopard. If looked at closely, black spots can be seen on a panther.
- Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day.
- Dolphins hear by having sound waves transmit through their skull to their inner ear region.
- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.
- A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow.
- Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
- A baby kangaroo is called a joey.
- True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets.
- A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body.
- An oyster can change its gender.
- From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals.
- Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human.
- A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.
- A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell.
- The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment.
- Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs.
- A newly hatched fish is called a "fry."
- Armadillos can be housebroken.
- There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same.
- There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world.
- An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes.
- Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state.
- Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour.
- When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours.
- The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days.
- Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living.
- A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue.
- The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head.
- The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.
- Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.
- Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km.
- Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well.
- A group of crows is called a murder.
- Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring.
- In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers.
- A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed.
- Sharks are immune to cancer.
- Estuarine crocodiles are the biggest of all 26 species of the crocodilian family.
- It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
- In Colorado, there are about 83,000 dairy cows.
- A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
- The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as twenty-five minutes.
- The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes.
- The sex of a baby crocodile is determined by the temperature in the nest and how deeply the eggs are buried.
- Polar bears are left handed.
- Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older.
- The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long.
- A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length.
- There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly.
- In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.
- Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
- In 1999, a three headed turtle was discovered by Lin Chi-Fa in his pond in Southern Taiwan.
- Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- Hippos can live up to 40 years in the wild.
- Spiders have claws at the ends of their legs.
- On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.
- A chicken is 75% water.
- If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
- Koalas sleep up to 19 hours a day.
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
- No other animal gives us more by-products than the hog. These by-products include pig suede, buttons, glass, paint brushes, crayons, chalk, and insulation to name a few.
- When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear.
- Platypuses mate in the water.
- When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
- For every human in the world there are one million ants.
- It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate.
- The elephant is the national animal of Thailand.
- Dairy cows can produce 20 to 35 gallons of saliva a day.
- A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
- In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop patios.
- Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources.
- The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and antlers shed and grow every year.
- Found in Argentina, the ornate horned frog can eat an entire mouse with one swallow.
- Ants do not sleep.
- Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet.
- Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years.
- Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
- The lifespan of a rhinoceros is generally 50 years.
- False Bay, on the southern tip of Africa and close to Cape Town, South Africa, is a breeding ground for great white sharks, which feed off the thousands of seals in the bay. However, it is the only area in the known world in which these sharks are known to breach - they attack the seals by coming up vertically, often leaping clear of the water with their prey in their mouths.
- Mules have one horse and one donkey for a parent.
- A group of whales is called a pod or gam.
- Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the white appearance.
- The ocean sunfish can produce thirty million eggs at once.
- Octopi change colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in.
- The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin.
- When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.
- Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.
- Pigs have no sweat glands, which is why they stay in water or mud to keep cool.
- When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
- Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights.
- A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour.
- Fried spiders taste like nuts.
- Cows do not have any upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw.
- The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird.
- While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.
- Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth.
- The giant squid is the largest animal without a backbone.
- Most snakes have six rows of teeth.
- There are about 34,000 species of spiders.
- Desert snails can stay in their shell for up to three years.
- The smallest frog is the "Brazilian baby frog", which is smaller than a dime.
- A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.
- There are more than 2,000 flea species in the world.
- The platypus uses its bill to find animals that it feeds on. Its bill can sense the tiny electric fields that their preys emit.
- Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.
- Most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both female and male reproductive organs.
- A cow has four compartments in its stomach.
- Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away.
- There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world.
- The fins of the Spiny Dogfish Shark are sometimes used as sandpaper for wood products.
- It is possible to get high by licking a toad. The Cane Toad produces a toxin called bufotenine to ward off predators. When licked, this toxin acts as a hallucinogen.
- Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours.
- The heart of an adult giraffe weighs on average 26 pounds.
- African heart-nosed bats can have such a keen sense of sound that they can hear the footsteps of a beetle walking on sand from six feet away.
- A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
- Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump.
- When a troop of guenon monkeys gets a new leader, the new alpha-male will sometimes kill all babies who are still being suckled-an evolutionary behavior known as kin selection, where the male protects his own offspring by killing the offspring of other males
- The Barbary Macaque is the only free-living species of monkey in Europe, which was once home to many monkeys
- The Olive Colobus monkey and certain Red Colobus species are hunted for food by humans and chimpanzees
- Howler monkeys are the loudest monkeys. Their howls can be heard for about two miles in the forest and almost three miles in an open area
- South American Titi monkeys are rare among primates because they are monogamous. They mate for life and become distressed when separated. They show affection by remaining close, grooming each other, intertwining their tails, holding hands, nuzzling, cuddling, and lip smacking
- Capuchins are skilled tool users. They smash nuts with rocks, insert branches into crevices to capture food, remove spines and hairs from caterpillars by rubbing them against a branch, protect their hands with leaves, and use large branches to club snakes
- Capuchin monkeys use different vocal sounds to identify different types of predators. They have also been seen banging stones together to warn each other of approaching predators
- Penguins are one of about 40 species of flightless birds. Other flightless birds include rheas, cassowaries, kiwis, ostriches, and emus. Most flightless birds live in the Southern Hemisphere
- Most scientists agree that there are 17 species of penguins. Of the 17 species, 13 are either threatened or endangered, with some on the brink of extinction
- The Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) has lost approximately 70% of tis population over the last 20 years. The Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) has lost over 50% since the 1970s, and their chance of becoming extinct this century is 30%. The most common threats to all penguin survival are pollution, loss of habitat by human encroachment, commercial fishing, oil dumping, algae booms, and global warming
- Generally, penguins are not sexually dimorphic, meaning male and female penguins look alike
- Penguins often slide on their tummies over ice and snow. This is called tobogganing. Researchers believe they do this for fun and as an efficient way to travel
- The Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) is named after Ferdinand Magellan, who first saw them in 1520. Oil spills kill approximately 20,000 adult and 22,000 juvenile Magellanic Penguins off the coast of Argentina every year
- Penguins find all their food in the sea and are carnivores. They eat mostly fish and squid. They also eat crustaceans, such as crabs, shrimp, and krill. A large penguin can collect up to 30 fish in one dive. Penguins (and any animal) that eat only fish are called piscivorous
- Penguins do not have teeth. Instead they use their beak to grab and hold wiggling prey. They have spines on the roof of their beak to help them get a good grip. Penguins even have spines on their tongues
- Penguins swallow pebbles and stones as well as their food. Scientists believe that the stones may help grind up and digest their food. The stones may also add enough extra weight to help penguins dive deeper
- Penguins spend several hours a day preening or caring for their feathers. If penguins don't keep them well maintained, their feathers would not stay waterproof. For extra protection, penguins spread oil on their feathers. The oil comes from a special gland near their tail feathers
- Penguins molt, or lose their feathers, once a year. They always molt on land or ice and until they grow new waterproof coats, they are unable to go into the water. Molting may take weeks, and most penguins lose about half their body weight during this time
- All penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, from Antarctica to the warmer waters of the Galapagos Islands near the equator. They can be found on every continent in the Southern Hemisphere. No penguins live at the North Pole
- The penguin with the highest number of species is the Macaroni Penguin, with approximately 11,654,000 pairs
- Penguin nesting areas are called "rookeries" and may contain thousands of pairs of birds. Each penguin has a distinct call, which allows individual penguins to find their mates and chicks even in the largest groups
- Penguins are highly social birds. Even at sea, penguins usually swim and feed in groups. Some penguin colonies on Antarctica are huge and can contain 20 million or more penguins at various times during the year
- Out of all the penguin and bird species, the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) breeds in the coldest environment. Air temperatures may reach -40degree F (-40degree C) and wind speeds may reach 89 mph (144 km/hr)
- A penguin's normal body temperature is approximately 100degree F (38degree C)
- Emperor Penguins are the fifth heaviest of all bird species, although an adult male will lose about 26 pounds while he waits for a penguin chick to hatch
- Emperor Penguins have the longest uninterrupted incubation time of any bird at 64?67 days
- Emperor Penguins have the widest variety of vocalizations of all penguins. Scientists believe this is because they have no fixed nest site and must rely on vocal calls alone to find their chicks and mate
- Most penguin species breed during the spring and summer. Egg incubation varies from 1 month and 67 days, depending on the species. The Emperor Penguin is the only penguin that breeds during the Antarctic winter
- Penguins can stay underwater for 10?15 minutes before coming to the surface to breathe. Penguins cannot breath underwater
- Most penguins can swim 5?6 miles per hour, and some can have bursts of speed of up to 15 mph. They can walk between 1.7 mph and 2.4 mph
- In 2012, scientists discovered that a primary reason penguins can swim so fast is that they have a special "bubble boost." When penguins fluff their feathers, they release bubbles that reduce the density of the water around them. The bubbles act as lubrication that decreases water viscosity, similar to competitive swimsuits
- Even though penguins spend much of their lives at sea, they all return to land to lay eggs
- Emperor Penguins are the largest penguins in the world and stand up to 4 feet (1.2 m) high and weigh as much as 100 pounds (45.3 kg)
- King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) are second in size only to Emperors. A King is almost 3 feet tall and can weigh nearly 35 pounds. Kings don't waddle the way most penguins do. Instead, they run fairly quickly on their feet
- King Penguins can form nesting colonies of up to 10,000 penguins. Each penguin keeps it neighbor at an exact but close distance
- Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) can grow up to 30 inches tall and weigh up to 13 pounds. They are different than other penguins because they have a colorful orange bill, and no other penguin has such a big tail
- Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) get their name from the long, orange, yellow, and black feathery crests above their eyes. They were named after "macaroni dandies," whose hairstyle was fashionable in the 18th century.
- Little (a.k.a. Blue or Fairy) Penguins (Eudyptula minor) are the smallest of all the penguins. They stand 16 inches high and weigh just 2 pounds. They live in the warmer waters around Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand
- Penguins' eyes work better under water than they do in air. Many scientists believe penguins are extremely short-sighted on land
- Yellow-eyed Penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), the third-largest penguins, have yellow cat-like eyes. They live along the coastal shores of New Zealand and neighboring islands
- Penguins that live in and around Antarctica tend to survive in large numbers. Penguins that live in more temperate climates are more likely to suffer population declines
- Only two species, the Adelie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and the Emperor Penguins, live on the frozen land of Antarctica. Most penguins live farther north, in New Zealand or along the coast of South America
- The Galapagos Penguin lives farther north than any other penguin and is the only penguin that might venture into the Northern Hemisphere
- To keep from overheating, penguins pant like dogs to cool off. They also ruffle their feathers and hold their wings away from their bodies
- Penguins' unique coloring is called countershading. To predators looking down from above, the penguins' black backs help them blend into the dark ocean. To predators looking up from underwater, the penguin's white belly blends in against the light sky and snow
- Different penguins species have different ways of attracting a mate. King Penguins, for example, sing long songs with their partners. Gentoo Penguin males give their mates gifts of small pebbles or stones. For penguins, bonding is an important part of raising a chick
- Most penguin species lay two eggs. However, Emperor and King Penguins, the two largest species, build no nest at all and lay just a single egg. They warm their eggs on their feet and cover it with a flap of skin called a "brood pouch.'
- When penguin chicks hatch, they are not waterproof, so they must stay out of the ocean. They depend on their parents to bring them food and to keep them warm until waterproof feather replace their fluffy down coats
- In the past, people ate penguin eggs. They also killed adult penguins for their feathers, skin, and oil. People also used penguin droppings (guano) to fertilize the soil and help grow crops. While this seems harmless, some penguins use guano to make their nests. When the guano was gone, they had to lay their eggs on the bare ground, where they were more susceptible to predators
- Larger penguins usually live in cooler regions. Smaller penguins are typically found in more temperate and tropical climates
- Some prehistoric penguins were very large, growing nearly as tall and heavy as a human
- Penguin etymology is debated. Several scholars claim the word is derived from the Welsh pen gwyn, or "white head." It originally appeared in the 16th century as a synonym for Great Auk. Other researches believe it is related to the Latin pinguis, or "fat.'
- The earliest known penguin fossil is the Waimanu manneringi, which dates from about 60 million years ago. The fossil was discovered in Antarctica in 1980. Its name comes from Maori term for "water bird." They were also flightless birds
- Smaller penguins usually do not dive as deep as larger penguins. Larger penguins, such as Emperor Penguins, can dive as far as 1,870 feet for as long as 22 minutes, making it the deepest-diving nonflying bird and the longest submerged bird. An Emperor Penguin has solid bones rather than air-filled bones, which eliminates the risk of barotrauma. Their heart rate slows to 15-20 beats per minute and nonessential organs shut down during long dives
- Penguins can control the blood flow to their extremities in order to reduce the amount of blood that gets cold, but not enough so that their extremities freeze
- Penguins can drink salt water because they have a special gland, the supraorbital gland, that filters salt from the bloodstream
- An adult male Emperor Penguin is the longest-fasting bird. It will not eat for approximately 115 days during its chick's incubation/hatching period
- Approximately 1 in 50,000 penguins is born with brown plumage rather than black. These are called isabelline penguins. They live shorter lives than other penguins because they are less camouflaged and often do not mate
- Most penguins are found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chili, Antarctica, Argentina, and Australia
- All penguins except the Emperor Penguin share incubation duties with their mate. Still, Emperor Penguins manage to get 75% of their young to self-sufficiency
- When compared proportionally to the weight of the parent birds, penguin eggs are smaller than any other bird species. Additionally, a penguin eggshell constitutes 10?16% of the weight of a penguin egg, most likely to minimize risk of breakage in rough environments
- A group of young penguin chicks is called a "creche." A group of penguins in the water is called a "raft." A group of penguins on land is called a "waddle."
- Penguins typically are not afraid of humans
- Emperor Penguins are the main characters in the 2006 movie Happy Feet. And more than 30 countries have featured Emperor Penguins on their stamps
- Penguins have more feathers than most other birds, averaging approximately 70 feathers per square inch. The Emperor Penguin has the most of any bird, at around 100 feathers per one square inch
- Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) get their name from a thin black line that circle under their chin, like a strap on a helmet. Chinstrap Penguin colonies may reach up to one million penguins. They are among the boldest and most aggressive of all penguins
- While Chinstrap Penguins look dignified and gentleman-like, their exceptionally loud cries have earned them the nickname "Stonecracker" penguins
- The 2005 children's book And Tango Makes Three, based on a true story, is about a homosexual Chinstrap Penguin couple in New York's Central Park Zoo. The book is listed on the 15 Most Controversial Picture Books
- Penguins mate, nest, and raise their chicks in a place called a "rookery.'
- Penguins lost their ability to fly millions of year ago. However, they are the fastest-swimming and deepest-diving species of any bird. Penguins are also the most aquatic of all birds
- The most rare penguin in the world is the Yellow-eyed Penguin, with only around 5,000 living in the wild. They live along the southeastern coast of New Zealand and nearby islands
- A wild penguin typically lives between 15?20 years, spending approximately 75% of their lives in the water
- While some penguins mate for life or until a partner dies, some penguins often mate with new partners while the old ones are still alive and in the same colony. Some researchers have noted that male and female penguins sometimes "cheat" on their partners, even while they are nesting and raising young with another penguin
- Penguins usually enter and leave the sea in large groups. Scientists believe this is for "safety in numbers." By blending into a crowd, an individual penguin may avoid catching the attention of a predator
- Penguins swim so fast that they can propel themselves over 7 feet (2 meters) above water. The technique they use to cue through waves like dolphins or porpoises is called "porpoising.'
- The first sharks lived more than 400 million years ago-200 million years before the first dinosaurs. They have changed very little over the eons
- Sharks belong to a group of fish known as the elasmobranchs, or cartilaginous fishes. Rays and skates, which may have evolved from sharks, also belong to this group
- Because sharks very rarely get cancer, scientists study their cartilage in the hopes of finding a cure for the disease
- Hammerhead sharks' heads are soft at birth so they won't jam the mothers' birth canals
- The first written account of a shark attack is found in Herodotus' (c. 484-425 B.C.) description of hordes of "monsters" devouring the shipwrecked sailors of the Persian fleet
- When a shark eats food that it can't digest (like a turtle shell or tin can), it can vomit by thrusting its stomach out its mouth then pulling it back in
- While blood likely does not provoke a shark to attack, a shark in the vicinity likely can detect the blood. Without any conclusive proof of how sharks might respond, some scientists suggest women stay out of the water while menstruating
- A shark's jaw is not attached to its cranium. Because its mouth is situated on the underside of its head, a shark can temporarily dislocate its jaw and jut it forward to take a bite
- Before sandpaper was invented, people used the rough skin of sharks, called shagreen, to smooth and polish wood. Japanese warriors wrapped the skin around the handles of their swords to keep the swords from slipping out of their hands
- Sometimes when fishermen catch a shark, they will cut off its fins for soup and throw the shark back into the sea-still alive. The mutilated shark is unable to swim or breathe and eventually dies
- The first pup to hatch inside the sand tiger shark mother devours its brothers and sisters until there are only two pups left, one on each side of the womb. This form of cannibalism is called oophagy
- Sharks don't get cavities probably because they are constantly shedding teeth. Sharks have 40-45 teeth, with up to seven rows of replacement teeth behind them. When a front tooth breaks or falls out, it takes only about one day for a replacement tooth to move forward to the front row. Sharks can go through more than 30,000 teeth in a lifetime. Newer teeth are always larger, so sharks can look scarier as they age
- The first use of the word "shark" in English occurred in 1569. Previously, English sailors and fishermen used the term "sea dog" or the Spanish tiburon. It could possibly be from the German Schorck, which is a variant of Schurke ("scoundrel villain") from shurgen ("to poke, stir")
- Even though almost equal numbers of men and women spend time in the ocean, no one knows why sharks seem to prefer to attack men. In fact, nearly 90% of shark attacks have happened to men
- Weird things that have been found in shark stomachs include shoes, chairs, the rear half of a horse, a box of nails, a torpedo, drums, and bottles of wine
- In 1977, Happy Days' Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli jumped over a penned-in shark while on water skis, giving birth to the expression "jumping the shark" to describe a desperate dramatic measure by a TV show
- There are at least 400 species of sharks that can be placed into eight groups, and new ones are being identified all the time. Of this large number, only about 30 species are known to attack humans-particularly the Great White, Tiger, Bull, Mako, and Hammerhead sharks. Most sharks are completely harmless
- Sharks do not have a single bone in their bodies
- The most bizarre feeding technique of all sharks is that of the Cookiecutter (cigar or luminous) shark. It attaches its mouth onto its victim and carves out a hunk of flesh, leaving a distinctive circular wound in its prey, like a pastry cutter. Its body has a series of holes called "photophores" that glow in the dark water. In fact, its scientific genus name is Isistius, from Isis, the Egyptian goddess of light
- The Grey Reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) has been called the "gangster shark" because of its highly aggressive nature
- Sharks can be found in all of Earth's oceans
- Angel sharks were once called monkfish or bishop fish because their fins look like flowing robes
- The frilled shark, or eel shark, is called a "living fossil" because it is so much like some extinct sharks that are found preserved in rocks. Parts of its skeleton resemble those of sharks that became extinct 350 million years ago
- Portuguese sharks live at depths of 12,000 feet, which is over two miles deep
- As long as a shark's back is mostly under water, it can swim easily. A nine-foot-long bull shark can swim in just two feet of water
- About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep
- Most shark attacks occur less than 100 feet from the shore. Shark attacks happen all over the world, but mainly around popular beaches in North America (especially Florida and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa
- More people are killed by bee stings and lightning than by shark attacks. Worldwide about 30 people die each year from shark attacks, which means a person has a one in 300 million chance of being killed by a shark. A shark attack most often occurs when a shark mistakes a person for a seal or other animal
- Sharks will often give warning signs before they attack, by arching their backs, raising their heads, and pointing their pectoral fins down
- For every human killed by a shark, humans kill two million sharks
- Many species of sharks have a movable, transparent nictitating membrane that covers and protects their eyes when they are attacking and eating
- Unlike fish, sharks do not have a swim bladder to keep them afloat-for this, sharks instead have a large oil-filled liver. Sharks that spend a lot of time on the surface, such as whale and basking sharks, have a massive liver
- Shark liver oil used to be the main source of vitamin A for humans. The liver of a basking shark can weigh over 1,800 pounds and contain 600 gallons of oil
- Contrary to popular belief, the stomach is not the largest organ inside a shark's body. The liver is the largest organ and can be 25% of the shark's weight
- Many Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) have small parasites on their eyes that glow in dark water. Scientists think these glowing parasites attract prey into the sharks' mouths. These sharks also have poisonous flesh that must be boiled three times before eating
- A female blue shark's skin is three times thicker than a blue male's to survive courtship bites
- In the 1980s, the efficiency of a shark was compared to that of a submarine and, weight for weight, the shark required six times less driving power. This discovery has led to remarkable new experiments for racing yachts, submarines, and bathing suits that explore "rough" rather than smooth surfaces in the water
- Recent research indicates that when a shark plies surface waters (when the dorsal fin cuts through the sea's surface), it could be detecting pressure waves associated with a struggling animal nearby
- The largest fish caught with a rod and reel was a Great White shark. It weighed 2,664 pounds and was almost 17 feet long
- A bull shark can live in both salt and fresh water by regulating salt and other substances in its blood. A bull shark may have been responsible for a 1916 shark attack that happened in a creek in New Jersey. They have also been found in the Mississippi River
- The world's most unusual shark, the megamouth (Megachasma pelagios), wasn't discovered until 1976. Its mouth can reach up to three feet across, while the rest of the body is about 16 feet long. Only 14 megamouths have ever been seen
- The shark that lives the longest is the spiny or piked dogfish (Acanthias). They usually live up to 70 years of age, but some may live until they are 100. Dogfish sharks are named for their tendency to attack prey like a pack of wild dogs would
- Most sharks cannot pump water over the gills as most fish are able to do. They must constantly swim to force water through their mouths and over their gills. A few exceptions to this are sharks that lie flat on the bottom of the ocean, such as the angel shark (which takes in water through a hole behind its eye called a spiracle) and the nurse shark (which opens and closes its mouth to move water over its gills)
- Approximately 100 million sharks are killed every year. Shark teeth are used to make necklaces; cartilage is used to make fertilizers; skin is used to make leather; liver is used to make face cream, sap, and fuel; and fins are used to make soup. The mass killing of sharks creates a negative, cascading effect in the global environment
- All living creatures emit small electrical signals as they breathe or move. Some sharks, particularly hammerheads, can use electricity to help them catch their prey-they pick up very small electrical impulses through hundreds of tiny holes in their faces, called Ampullae of Lorenzini
- Sometimes sharks attack metal objects. This might be because metal gives off weak electric signals in salt water that may confuse sharks
- In some species of turtle the temperature determines if the egg will develop into a male or female, lower temperatures lead to a male while higher temperatures lead to a female.
- Did you know moths are not really attracted to light? Moths fly towards the blackest point which is behind the light.
- Goldfish actually have pretty good memories. They can remember things for months, not seconds like most people say.
- Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
- The biggest insect in the world is the Goliath Beetle which can weigh up to 3.5 ounces and be 4.5 inches long.
- Many of the stories of mythological dragons may have come from the Komodo Dragon. Their yellow tongues and foul breath gave the impression that they could breathe fire and could be the inspiration for our own stories of fire-breathing dragons.
- At first glance zebras in a herd might all look alike, but their stripe patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints are in man.
- The flea can jump 350 times its body length. That is like a person jumping the length of a football field!
- A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
- The Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest type of monkey, with adults weighing between 120 and 140 grams.
- The oldest known fossil of an insect dates back 400 million years and is a springtail.
- The cheetah is the fastest land animal, they can bound at speeds of up to 113 km/h !
- A frozen woolly mammoth was found on the banks of the Beresovka River, in Siberia, that was almost in a complete state of preservation. Investigating scientists were able to eat its meat, and buttercups were found in the creature's mouth.
- There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand.
- The expression "three dog night" originated with the Eskimos and means a very cold night - so cold that you have to bed down with three dogs to keep warm.
- Barbara Bush's book about her English Springer Spaniel, Millie's book, was on the bestseller list for 29 weeks. Millie was the most popular "First Dog" in history.
- Snakes and lizards flick their tongues in the air to capture scent particles. They smell with their tongue.
- Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.
- A flea expert is a pullicologist.
- There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.
- The badger is the best digger of all meat-eating or carnivore mammals.
- The Mola Mola, or Ocean Sunfish, lays up to 5000000 eggs at one time.
- The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.
- Queen ants are provided with wings at birth, they lose these wings after they fly off to start new colonies.
- Some male frogs in the rainforest, who send messages by drumming with their feet are the sole caretakers of their young. After the mother lays eggs, the father guard s the nest and carries his kids on his back.
- Sharks can go up to at least 6 weeks without feeding. The record for a shark fasting was observed in an aquarium with the Swell Shark, which did not eat for 15 months.
- A caterpillar grows roughly 27,000 times its size when it first emerges as an egg.
- Ferrets are currently the third most popular pet in the US. There are an estimated eight to ten million ferrets in the United States being kept as pets.
- All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago.
- Most dinosaurs walked on their toes, the rest walked on all fours mainly because their enormous size and weight needed support.
- Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird of the U.S.A. to be a turkey.
- An estimated 25,000 wild parrots, caught or plucked from their nests in Mexico, are smuggled across the Texas border each year.
- An ostrich egg can make approximately eleven and a half omelets.
- The penguins that inhabit the tip of South America are called jackass penguins.
- Wild turkeys were almost wiped out in the early 1900's. Today there are wild turkeys in every state except Alaska.
- The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel.
- The Caspian Tiger was the third largest tiger species. The last of this tiger was seen in 1970, after which it has been declared amongst the extinct animal species. This tiger was found on the lands of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
- The donkey's eye placement helps it see all its four feet at a time.
- Penguins spend around half their time in water and the other half on land.
- Despite man's fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that a non-rabid wolf ever attacked a human.
- Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
- Seventy percent of people sign their pet's name on greeting cards and 58 percent include their pets in family and holiday portraits, according to a survey done by the American Animal Hospital Association.
- Locusts have leg muscles that are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
- On a beach holiday, you are more likely to die from a coconut falling on your head than a shark attack.
- The Chihuahua is the oldest breed of dog native to North America.
- Triceratops was also herbivore. Triceratops in fact means "three horned face". Triceratops relied on their horns and quick charge when facing an enemy.
- The average male lion weighs around 180 kg (400 lb) while the average female lion weighs around 130 kg (290 lb).
- The koala is the world's fussiest eater and feeds uniquely on eucalyptus leaves.
- In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring.
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