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Animals,Birds -Interesting Facts-2
Date : 10/01/2014
- Normally animals have pink tongues, but Giraffes have black tongues.
- The fastest fish is the sailfish.It can swim as fast as car travels on the highway.
- Do you know Vultures digestive system contain special acids which can dissolve dangerous bacteria like Anthrax,Botulism& cholera.That is the reason that they do not fall sick despite eating dead bodies of people having these diseases .
- Ostrich is a fascinating bird as it is largest living bird & its egg is the largest egg.Although categorized as a bird, it can not fly.It is also the fastest running bird.Ostrich is also the only bird that has only two toes on each foot.
- Polar bears live only in Arctic areas that surround the North Pole—not in Antarctica, which surrounds the South Pole.In fact, the word arctic comes from the Greek word for bear, and Antarctic comes from the Greek meaning the opposite, without bear .
- A polar bears fur is not white. Each hair is clear hollow tube. Polar bears look white because each hollow hair reflects the light.
- Here are few interesting facts about Giant Panda bears.Its an endangered species .There are around 1000 of them existing in the wild, and one hundred of them in captivity.Panda ears act like its nose & its nose acts like its ears. That means ,it smells through ears & smells from ears.The pandas are very shy, they don’t go to areas where people live.A blind folded Panda would always move north. Panda liver has lot of iron content, which makes it magnetic, that is why it always moves towards north like a compass.Pandas are not affected by any human illness, except chick-pox.In Chinese, the Panda is called Da Xiong Mao, meaning giant bear cat.The logo of World Wide Fund (WWF) for nature features a giant panda on it.The Panda sits while eating – Instead of standing while eating food, the panda will sit in order to use its front paws to hold the bamboo shoots.Approximately 99 percent of a panda’s diet is bamboo leaves and shoots.Pandas eat very fast and they eat 12 hours a day.
- The pug originated in China and was bred by Chinese Royalty in the Forbidden City during the Tang & Yang dynasties.
- The higher the temperature,the faster crickets chirp.When the temperature is little over 11 degree Celsius,cricket chirps about 60 times in a minute
- Dog nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.
- Addax ,is a kind antelope, which does not drink water .It is found in Africa ,it gets the water it needs from the plants and the the food it eats.
- The hippopotamuses are so big that they can easily walk underwater,along the bottom of lakes and rivers.
- Camels do not chew their food, they swallow it .They regurgitate & chew the cud later.
- Cats spend 30% of their waking hours grooming themselves.
- Dolphins have specially adapted eyes which helps them to see clearly in the water as well as out of the water.
- A whale shark has more than 4000 teeth ,but each is less than 1/8 inch long only.
- You can tell age of a tree by counting rings in the stem but you can tell a horses age by counting its teeth.
- Brood Parasites is the name given to birds which lay eggs in other birds nest and have the foster parents take care of them e.g. cuckoo
- Average rate of heartbeat in elephants is 30 per minute whereas in chicks it is 400 per minute.
- Albatross bird has the longest wingspan ,which can go up to 14 feet.. They can use it to glide for hours without rest or even a flap of the wings.
- Cicada is the loudest insect in the world.
- Tiger Diet -One averaged sized tiger can eat up to 60 pounds of meat at a single time .
- Camels is called ship of the desert.Its body has special features which help it to survive in the desert. The hump on its back contains lot of fat which can be broken down to provide energy and water.Camel has double eyelids and long eyelashes to protect their eyes from the sand.Camels can close their nostrils to keep the desert sand out
- There are two kinds of camels- dromedary and the bacterian.Dromedary has a single hump & it is mainly found in Africa ,MIddle East & India. The bacterian camel has two humps ,it lives in central Asia
- Do you know butterflies taste with their feet?
- Now this is something cool ,Turtles can breathe through their butts.
- Have you slept today, but do you know Honeybees never sleep !
- An amazing fact about an African elephant - they can detect seismic signals with the sensory cells in their feet! !
- Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints.
- Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
- A Blue whales tongue weighs more than an elephant.
- Camouflage is the protective shape or coloration of an animal that helps it to blend or merge in its surroundings to protects itself from predators.Most animals have patches and spots which help blend in with patches of sunlight and dark vegetation.Lions & cheetahs have an excellent color in yellow sun-scorched grasses due to their yellow skins.
- Army ! tell your friends a group of frogs is also called an army.
- Can you sleep while walking ? No ! but an albatross (a bird) can sleep while it flies !
- You have 20 teeth when you are a baby & 32 teeth when you grow up & they stop growing but do you know a rabbits teeth never stop growing.
- How many colors you can see? But you know Bulls are colorblind. They can only see black & white color So it’s a black-and-white life for them!
- Now this is really mind-boggling! Believe this ! A mosquito has 47 teeth.
- Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape,because of this ,they can not move their eyes.
- You know what is a ‘mob’ ? It is a group of unruly people.But do you know a group of kangaroos is also called mob. Now they may not be unruly as a group of people ,but still their group is called mob.
- A group of owls is called parliament ,now that is something to wonder!
- The parrots are the only birds which can pass food to their mouth with their toes!
- Do you know when an Octopus is attacked by predators ,it can detach its arms.After a few weeks ,these amptuated arms grow back.
- The King of Jungle –Lion , is he the strongest animal ? But remember a lion would be defeated by a polar bear in a battle if the two start fighting with each other? More Facts-Lions
- A giraffe tongue is so long that it can clean its ears with it. It is normally 21-inch long!
- One more trivia about giraffe - It is one of the quietest animal. A giraffe does not have any vocal chord to make any kind of noise!
- Have you heard about doggy disco? It is held in Italy every year where owners can dance with their dogs.
- Have you seen elephant’s teeth? Now think ,an elephants tooth can weight as much as three kilograms
- Do you know there are no snakes in New Zealand.
- See free school Science - education videos by clicking here Science Learning for 6-12 years old kids
- You always thought protein is a nutrient? But do you know snake venom is ninety percent protein.
- They say our ancestors were either chimpanzee or monkeys. But do you know a chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can not.
- Can you sleep with open eyes ? No ! but dolphins sleep with their eyes wide open.
- You know lightest /smallest bird of the world ? It is Humming Bird !A coin is heavier than a hummingbird!
- Also do you know a Humming bird can also fly backwards !
- How many hours you can sleep ? Can you compete with snails. A snail can sleep for three years, at a stretch.
- Do you have any friend who is left handed ? Tell them they are not the only ones, as all polar bears are left-handed.
- Do you know things keep changing over the years? Here is one , the butterfly was originally known as the ‘flutterby’.
- Next time when you see a Zebra ,think is a zebra black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Well, it’s white with black stripes.
- A camel is known as Ship of desert as it can survive long without drinking water .But do you know a rat can survive longer than a camel without water.
- Do you know whose immune system is strongest among all animals? Sharks ! They are the most healthy, as they are immune to all known diseases.
- Now don’t laugh, there are more dogs in Paris than there are people.
- Do you know Australia has 17 million people but 150 million sheep.
- Do you know that Rodeheye rockfish of the North Pacific can live more than 200 years!.
- You have eyelids, whenever there is dust-storm or strong light ,eyelids protect your eyes .But insects and fish have no eyelids. Hardened lens protect their eyes.
- Squirrels save our environment ! How ? Squirrels accidentally plant millions of trees, as they bury their nuts and forget where they are.
- A baby kangaroo is called a Joey .A newborn kangaroo (joey) is smaller than a thumb!
- Do you love dogs ? Do you know eyesight of dogs are better than that of human beings?
- A dog shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of its skeleton to allow it greater speed while running!
- Do you eat eggs? Keep eating as they are plenty of hens giving plenty of eggs ! On an average a hen lays 19 dozen eggs in a year.
- Always enter a dark cave from right .You would save yourselves from bats as they always turn left when exiting a cave.
- Now this is called elephant-size smelling power ,an elephant can smell water from a distance of three miles.
- Milk lovers! Make a cow listen to music and there will give more milk!
- Elephants can not run as they can not lift all 4 legs off the ground at the same time but they move at up to 25 miles per hour by using the ‘Groucho walk’ with their knees bent & body lowered.!
- Do you know a housefly lives only for 14 days.
- Do you know a bat is the only mammal which can fly !
- Have you been in airplane? But do you know dog was the first animal to be sent up in space.
- Do you know whale is largest animal .The small car on the road is probably the size of the heart of a blue whale.
- If you thought elephant is the biggest animal, just imagine this, length of an elephant is the same as the tongue of a blue whale.
- Are you a brainy kid ? But do you know poor Starfish do not have brains.
- King of the jungle –Lion. You know lions spend most of their day resting as they hunt during the night hours until morning.
- Have you ever used mosquito repellent at home ? Tell your parent s !Mosquito repellents do not repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquitos sensors so they donot know you are there.
- Now try this & prove us wrong !No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
- You know Walt Disney created Mickymouse character ? But do you know Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
- Elephants are the only animals that can not jump.
- Do you know that elephants can not survive more than 24 hours without drinking water ?
- The only 2 animals which can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
- When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
- The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers .
- The word Spain means "the land of rabbits."
- A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow.
- Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
- A baby kangaroo is called a joey
- A group of crows is called a murder.
- In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers.
- A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
- A Glow Worm (Fire Fly) glows to attract small insects .The glow worms construct snares made from silk threads and sticky droplets to capture the insects attracted to their glow
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning "little lion."
- An octopus has three hearts whereas Earthworms have 5 hearts & poor humans have only one
- A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.
- A tigers canine teeth can grow up to 3 inches long .It is easily capable of crunching through the spine of any creature of the earth.
- You know Chameleon can chage color of its body ,but do you know the Chameleon can focus its eyes separately to watch two objects at once.
- A bird’s heart beats 400 times per minute while they are at rest. When they are flying however, their heart could beat up to 1000 beats per minute.
- A bird’s normal body temperature is usually 7-8 degrees hotter than humans.
- Do you know that the humming bird can fly up, down, forward, backward and even upside down.
- The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
- A giraffe can feed for up to 16 hours in a day.And it can eat up-to 60 kgs of leaves daily .
- The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight.
- Female mosquitoes are non- vegetarian in nature and continue their existence by taking the blood of human-beings and other animals.They are only responsible for the spreading of the infectious diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunia etc.
- Dogs have better low-light vision than humans because of a special light-reflecting layer behind their retinas.
- There are people all over the world who eat bugs and insects as food, and the practice is called Entomophagy, which comes from the phrase “insect eating” in Greek.
- Dogs noses are 10,000 times are more sensitive to Human ,that is why they are used in detective jobs.
- A giraffe can grow up to 18 ft (5.5 meter) whereas an Ostrich ,the largest bird ,can reach 8 ft ,they can not fly but can run very fast.
- You know why Flamingos are pink? Well, they feed on certain kind of algae which contains a chemical called cartenoids ,which is responsible for Pink color.In zoos, they do not get this kind of algae ,so their color fades to white.
- A whale called humpback is famous for its singing.
- An octopus has 3 hearts & a cow has 4 stomachs.
- An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.
- Dragonflies have the sharpest eyesight and largest eyes among all the insects .
- The eyes of a sea lion are well adapted for seeing both above and below the water.
- Male hippos use their lower canine teeth as weapons when fighting for female territory.
- The thick coats of the camels reflects sunlight and act as a insulation from heat of the deserts sand.
- A surprising fact about spiders: Spiders have transparent blood.
- The Bonobo (also known as pygmy chimpanzee) makes a night nest in a tree in a new location every night .
- The ostrich can cover 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 meters ) in a single stride (leap) .
- The Thorny Devil lizard from Australia drinks water through its feet .
- Earthworms do not have lungs,they breathe through their skin .
- Most plankton have little or no swimming ability and rely on ocean currents and tides for transport .
- The antennae of the ant are used for smelling,tasting and touching purposes .
- Octopuses can eject a cloud of blackish ink to escape from predators .And do you know that a baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born!
- Squirrels use their tails as a signalling device to communicate .
- Cranes have a large vocabulary of specialized calls including alarm bells .
- Grasshoppers have 3 pairs of legs,the hind legs are longer and more powerful than other legs .
- Hummingbirds keep hovering while eating their food,beating their wings 70 times a second .
- Did you know that rabbits and guinea pigs do not sweat.
- Heres a small trivia about Woodpecker. A big woodpecker can peck 12000 times a day and it can peck 20 times per second! Unbelievable, ist it?
- Heres a small trivia about Giraffe . Giraffes are the only animals born with horns!They are born with bony knobs on their forehead?!
- An adult hippo needs to resurface every 3-5 minutes from water to breathe!
- A small trivia about cobras:The metabolism of the cobra is very slow so it only needs to eat every couple of months.
- Have you heard about a bird known as ravens? They look like crows but they belong to different categories of species.A funny fact about them is that whenever they see other ravens,they hide their food.Strange thing about hiding is that they pretend to hide it at one place but they actually keep it at some other place!
- Do you know that sea otters hold hands while eating and sleeping so they donot drift apart.
- Here is a strange fact about woodpecker.A green woodpecker can eat as many as 2000 ants on any given day!Strange isnt it?
- Owls can not swivel their eyes.Instead they move their heads completely around to see straight behind them!.
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