1. Hippo milk is pink.
2. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
3. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on
a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.
4. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
5. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
6. It has been scientifically proven that
stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
7. Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
8. Sloths take two weeks to digest their
food.
9. A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
10. In 30 minutes, the average body gives off
enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
11. The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82
years.
12. Shark corneas are used in eye transplants
and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
13. We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
14. A lion in the wild usually makes no more
than twenty kills a year.
15. Gorillas can catch human colds and other
illnesses.
16. Tigers can see 6 times better at night
than humans.
17. The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a
distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
18. A dairy cow can produce more milk when
listening to music.
19. It has been calculated that a single
breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
20. Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one
of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less
fortunate roost-mates.
21. Jellyfish as a species are actually older
than dinosaurs and sharks.
22. A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of
oil in it.
23. Squirrels forget where they hide about
half of their nuts.
24. An alligator can go through 2,000 to
3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
25. Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times
faster than the space shuttle.
26. Lobsters have blue blood.
27. The oldest known animal in the world was
'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
28. Sharks, like other fish, have their
reproductive organs in their chests.
29. Alligator snapping turtles can live for
over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket
balls in their stomachs.
30. The octopus does not have a blind spot.
31. The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
32. The cat brain weighs about 30g.
33. Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
34. A cat rubs against people not only to be
affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its
face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
35. The costliest cat ever is named Little
Nicky, who cost his owner $50,000. He is a clone of an older cat.
36. One reason that kittens sleep so much is
because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
37. It is physically impossible for pigs to
look up into the sky.
38. A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no
bacteria when pressed against carpet.
39. Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000
years.
40. Sheep can survive for up to two weeks
buried in snow drifts.
41. There are more chickens than people in
the world.
42. The world's oldest crow is 118 years
(estimated age).
43. The world's smartest pig, owned by a
mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to
12.
44. Cats have a weak sense of taste. They
have only 473 tastebuds, humans have 9,000.
45. A 4 foot walrus penis bone sold at
auction in 2007 for $8,000.
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