Funny Facts - Animals II

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Funny Facts - Animals II


Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.

In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.

More people are killed by donkeys than in plane crashes annually.

A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

An octopus in danger can squirt a stream of ink at its attacker.

An octopus can change its shape and color to blend in with its surroundings.

Dolphins have bigger brains than the brains of humans

When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey.

It is the female lion who does more than 90 percent of the hunting, while the male is afraid to risk his life, or simply prefers to rest.

A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!

The original name for the butterfly was flutmassageplanety!

There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog.

The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon.

Eagles mate while airborne.

Owls swallow their prey hole because they have no teeth. After 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet.

Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites.

A bird "chews" with its stomach.

During warm weather hippopotamus's secrete sweat that is pink. This substance not only cools them down but also helps fight infections of the skin.

26% of all electric cable breaks and 18% of all phone cable disruptions are caused by rats.

25% of all fires of unknown origin are rat-caused.

Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year.

The rat has been called the world’s most destructive mammal - other than man.

Male and female rats may have sex twenty times a day.

A female can produce up to twelve litters of twenty rats a year.

One pair of rats has the potential for 15,000 descendants in a year.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

A snail can sleep for three years.

The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.

Armadillos are able to contract leprosy.


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