- The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
- The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.
- A scallop has 35 blue eyes.
- A swan is the only bird with a penis
- The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
- The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.
- Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
- The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
- Zebras can't see the color orange.Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 liter bottles.
- Cows can have regional accents
- A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
- Bonobos are the only non human primates that engage in oral sex, tongue kissing, and face-to-face genital sex.
- In a fight between a polar bear and a lion, the polar bear would win.
- US Secret Service sniffer dogs are put up in five-star hotels during overseas presidential visits.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- Bulls are color blind.
- Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
- The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.
- A squid has 10 tentacles.
- A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.
- When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.
- There are more insects in ten square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.
- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
- The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.
- A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
- The fat molecules in goat milk are 5 times smaller than those found in cow milk. It takes 20 minutes for the stomach to breakdown as opposed to the hour that it takes to break down cow milk.
- A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.
- Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
- The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- A group of owls is called a parliament.
- A group of ravens is called a murder.
- A group of bears is called a sleuth.
- Twelve or more cows is called a flink.
- A baby oyster is called a spat.
- Some fleas have split penises like a Y shape
- An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years
- Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.
- The average garden-variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
- A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
- More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
- Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool.
- Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.
- India has 50 million monkeys.
- By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.
- Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
49 Really Amazing Animals Interesting Facts
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