Interesting and Fun Facts About Animals and Insects



 

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·        A giraffe can clean its own ears with its 21 inch ling tongue.
·        Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos can not walk backwards.
·        Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72 mph.
·        No 2 zebras have identical stripes.
·        The biggest animal in the world is the blue whale. It has a heart the size of a car and a tongue as long as an elephant.
·        In one night, an adult hippopotamus eats approximately 150 lbs of grass.
·        A full grown horse’s intestines are approximately 89 feet long.
·        The fastest swimming fish in the world is the swordfish.
·        Hummingbirds are the only animals capable of flying backwards.
·        There are more than a million animal species.
·        A baby kangaroo is called a joey.
·        A group of crows is called a murder.
·        A Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
·        A cat spends 70% of its time sleeping.
·        Just like finger prints, every dog and cat’s nose prints are different.
·        Dolphins and swim and sleep at the same time.
·        An elephant can drink 80 gallons of water a day.
·        Male rabbits are called bucks and females are called does.
·        Lions can not roar until they are age two.
·        A group of storks is called a mustering.
·        The most dangerous animal (rated according to the number of people they have killed) is the hippopotamus.
·        Bulls are color blind.
·        A goldfish has a memory of 3 seconds.
·        A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
·        A honey bee strokes its wings about 11500 times a minute.
·        Koalas sleep up to 19 hours a day.
·        A group of lions is called a pride.
·        Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away.
·        A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes.
·        In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10950 hours purring.
·        Bloodhounds have been used since the 1600’s for tracking criminals.
·        An elephant’s truck can hold 2 ½ gallons of water.
·        A butterfly’s taste sensors are located below their feet.
·        A collection of jelly fish is called a smack.
·        It takes 12 honeybees to make 1 teaspoon of honey.
·        Dalmatian puppies do not have any spots on them when they are born.  They develop them as they get older.
·        Chow Chows have blue tongues.
·        The giraffe and rat can survive longer without water than a camel can.
·        A bunch of rabbits are called a warren.
·        The moisture that is on the tip of a dog’s nose helps the dog detect odors.
·        Studies have shown that listening to classical music helps cows produce more milk.
·        Pigs do not have any sweat glands, which is why they stay in water or mud to keep cool.
·        The tallest dogs are the Irish Wolfhound and the Great Dane.
·        On the average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk.
·        Birds can sleep with one eye open.
·        Polar bears are left handed.
·        A baby goat is called a kid
·        The flea can jump 350 times its body length, which is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
·        An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
·        A group of gorillas is called a band.
·        A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
·        A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
·        The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
·        Baby sharks are called cubs.
·        A baby seal is called a pup.
·        A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.
·        Ants don't sleep.
·        A group of dogs is called a pack.
·        A baby owl is called an owlet
·        A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
·        Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
·        Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years.
·        A baby beaver is called a kit.
·        A group of finches is called a charm.
·        A baby zebra is called a colt.