- An elephant herd can move fifty miles in a day.
- The biggest shark species has the smallest teeth. The 12 metre
long whale shark has more than 4,000 teeth, each only 3mm long.
- As a general rule in the animal kingdom, the more complex or
relatively big the eye in relation to the body, then the smaller
the rest of the brain.
- A large swarm of locusts can eat 80,000 tons of corn in a day.
- The female lion is a much more efficient hunter than the male.
- Giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands weigh up to 225 kilos
and can live for over 150 years.
- Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
- A newborn giant panda is only the size of a stick of butter.
- An Animal Hospital Association survey revealed that 62 percent
of dog owners sign letter or cards from themselves and their dogs.
- The hydra - a close relative of jellyfish and sea anemones,
can regenerate or grow back if it's cut in half.
- Coyotes are a close cousin of all pet dogs. The coyote's scientific
name (Canis Latrans) meands 'barking dog'.
- The Dodo was first discovered in 1507 - 100 years later it was
hunted to extinction.
- Female fleas consume fifteen times their weight daily.
- Mosquitoes have been found to prefer biting people with smelly
feet.
- A rhinoceros beetle can support up to 850 times its own weight
on it's back. That would be the equivalent of a man carrying 76
family-sized cars around on his back.
- The silkworm moth has eleven brains.
- Americans spend more money on dog food each year then they do
on baby food.
- The Australian Sea Wasp or Box Jellyfish which is found off
the coast of Queensland causes death within 3 minutes if medical
aid is not administered.
- When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six
feet, normally without being hurt.
- A dragonfly can spot an insect moving 33 feet away.
- In ancient Egypt, entire families would shave their eyebrows
as a sign of mourning when the family cat died.
- The greatest number of dogs ever owned by one person were 5000
mastiffs owned by Kubla Khan.
- In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th
teaspoon of honey.
- Cats have better memories than dogs. Tests conducted by the
University of Michigan concluded that while a dogs memory lasts
no more than 5 minutes, a cat's can last as long as 16 hours -
exceeding even that of monkeys and orangutans.
- Infant beavers are called kittens.
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