99+ INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS [PART 3]

99+ INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS [PART 3]

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99+ Interesting Facts About Animals [Part 3]

• There is only one pink bottlenose dolphin which has been discovered, in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA.
• China has the most goats in the world, they have over 170 Million.
• A chicken with red ear lobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white ear lobes will produce white eggs.
• One survey reports that 33 percent of dog owners admit they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on answering machines while they are away.
• The average dog can run about 19 mph.
• The owl has a small brain.
• Snakes do not blink.
• A squid’s eye can get as big as a basketball.
• A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
• Agrizoophobia is the fear of wild animals.
• There are currently over a million animal species upon planet earth.
• There are over 70,000 types of spiders spinning their webs in the world.
• If you have a fear of chickens, then you actually have Alektorophobia.
• Dogs can see in color, though they most likely see colors similar to a color-blind human.
• Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years.
• There are 3,000 kinds of lice in the world.
• The life of a housefly is only 14 days.
• The lifespan of 75% of wild birds is 6 months.
• Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
• National Dance Like A Chicken Day falls on 14th May every year.
• The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer.
• The crocodile’s tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth.
• Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 45 mph.
• The Basenji is the worlds only bark-less dog.
• Goats are quite agile creatures and in some cases they can jump over 5 feet.
• In 2006, 253 fish-species were listed as critically endangered.
• The hippopotamus’s skin is protected by its own pink oily secretion known as ‘pink sweat’.
• The Tyrannosaurus Rex went extinct 65 million years ago.
• The Irish deer is the largest deer to have ever existed. It went into extinction approximately 7,700 years ago.
• It costs approximately $10,000 to train a federally certified search and rescue dog.
• The color red doesn’t really make bulls angry; they are color-blind.
• A herd of unicorns is called a blessing.
• The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
• According to records there are 50 million monkeys in the world!
• There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world.
• Goats were the first animals to be used for milk by humans.
• The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world. France has the second highest.
• There are over 2700 types of snakes in the world and they live in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, lakes.
• Cows from different areas have a different moo accent.
• The male goat is called a “buck” or “billy”.
• The female goat is called a “doe” or “nanny”.
• A baby goat is called a “kid”.
• Dog nose prints are as unique as human finger prints and can be used to identify them.
• Ailurophobia is the fear of cats.
• Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish.
• Female bald eagles are 25% larger than males.
• Frogs don’t drink water. They absorb water through their skin.
• Suriphobia is the fear of mice.
• There are over 210 breeds of goats in the world.
• A polar bear’s outer fur is called ‘guard hair’.
• An adult lion’s roar is so loud; it can be heard up to five miles away.
• There is a shark called ‘goblin shark’ which has only been seen around 50 times since its discovery in 1897.
• There are approximately 450 million goats around the world.
• Dalmatians are completely white at birth.
• A beaver’s teeth never stop growing.
• Apiphobia is the fear of bees.
• The average dolphin eats one-third of its weight on food each day.
• Goats and octopus’ pupils of their eyes are rectangular.
• African elephants only have four teeth to chew their food with.
• The scales of a crocodile are made of certain, the same substance that hooves and fingernails are made of.
• Crocodiles eat stones.
• Crocodiles have brains no larger than a cigar.
• Cheetahs were trained by man for hunting as long as 3000 BC.
• Horses can’t vomit.
• Both male and female caribou grow antlers.
• Alternate American names for the Elk are the moose and the Wapiti.
• A group of frogs is called an army.
• Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
• Starfish don’t die of old age.
• A male gorilla can eat 40 pounds of food a day.
• A group of whales is called a pod.
• Female harp seals get in groups to have their babies one mating season is over.
• When giraffes age, their fur darkens.
• Heron’s eggs have a greenish-blue pale color.
• You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
• All dolphins have a different whistle.
• Scientists had to go 45 million years back in history to find the elephant’s oldest ancestor.
• Tiger Day is the last Sunday in September.
• There is no visual difference between male and female herons.
• A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
• Hyenas regularly eat the faeces of other animals.
• Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.
• A giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.
• Moose have very poor vision. Some have even tried to mate with cars.
• The swan has over 25,000 feathers on its body.
• African elephants have bigger ears than Indian elephants.
• There is no record of a human being attacked by a healthy wolf.
• Hummingbirds are the only birds who can fly backwards.
• Dolphins can eat up to 30 pounds of fish a day.
• There’s a spider in Brazil whose bites can cause an erection that lasts for hours!
• There are no ants in Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica.
• Before they’re even born, sand tiger sharks eat their twin brothers and sisters!
• Jellyfish evaporate in the sun. They’re 98% water.
• Rooster is simply a male chicken.
• Pikachu is a mouse type Pokémon.
• Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
• The Big Five is a group of animals of Africa: cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino.
• The slowest fish is the sea horse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph (0.016 km/h).
• Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
• The lifespan of a bush baby is 14 years.