- Pandas in China have been given Viagra to help them mate.
- Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its
feet.
- We share 98.4% of our DNA with a chimp - and 70% with a slug.
- Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again
depending on which is best for mating.
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
- A bee must visit 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon
of honey.
- 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.
- The wingspan of the Indonesian fruitbat equals the height of
filmstar Sylvester Stallone.
- Ticks are second only to the mosquito as the most dangerous
parasites to humans.
- By swallowing water, the Pufferfish becomes too big for other
fish to swallow.
- According to one study, plant and animal species are becoming
extinct at the rate of 17 per hour.
- The larva of the polyphemus moth consumes 86,000 times its birth
weight in its first 56 days.
- Mayflies live for a year or more as larvae; but as adults they
live for only a few hours.
- Great White Sharks can go as long as three months without eating.
- Mexico is the world's pig tapeworm capital with estimates that
about 4 percent of all Mexicans have the adult tapeworm in their
intestine.
- A bee can see the colours green, blue and ultra-violet - but
red looks like black.
- Shrimps' hearts are in their heads.
- It takes 3000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for
a year's supply of American Footballs.
- Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.
- Polar Bears cannot be detected by infrared cameras, due to their
transparent fur.
- Each year, insects eat 1/3 of the Earth's food crop.
- Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective
carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective
that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting
themselves.
- An American Animal Hospital Association poll showed that 33
percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the
phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away.
- Mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to
a cat meowing.
- Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
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