Interesting Facts about Animals

[rameshxavier]

-A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.

-Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

-The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to -kill 2,200 people.

-Emus can't walk backwards.

-A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

-A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

-A group of owls is called a parliament.

-A group of ravens is called a murder.

-A group of bears is called a sleuth.

-Twelve or more cows is called a flink.

-A baby oyster is called a spat.

-Some fleas have split penises like a Y shape

-An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years


Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.

[rameshxavier]

-The average garden-variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

-A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

-A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.

-More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.

-Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool.

-Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.

-India has 50 million monkeys.

-By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.

-Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.

-Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.

-The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.

-A squid has 10 tentacles.

-A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.

-When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.

-The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.

-The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.

-A scallop has 35 blue eyes.

-A swan is the only bird with a penis

-The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.

-The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.

[rameshxavier]

-Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

-The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.

-Zebras can't see the color orange.

-There are more insects in ten square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.

-It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

-The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.

-A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.

-The fat molecules in goat milk are 5 times smaller than those found in cow milk. It takes 20 minutes for the stomach to breakdown as opposed to the hour that it takes to break down cow milk.

[Vuvuzela2010]

Wonderful post!
a lot of facts that will be remembered forever.
I hope more people will do the same thing.