Amazing facts about animals.

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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 rabbit's 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 amputated 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.

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Panamanian Golden Frog:

An amazing species of frog named Panamanian Golden Frog*does not possess ears, but rather*they listen with the help of their lungs.**Yes, those lungs multi-task for them in the most amazing way. These frogs are not the only species with the same functionality but there are many fish that also hear in the same manner.

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The Black Widow, one of the most poisonous spiders’, can spin a web whose*silk is the strongest of all other types of silks in the world. Another interesting fact about them is if a bird eats black widow, it is very much lights out for the bird.

5) Woodpecker:

A woodpecker can peck on wood 20 times per second. Their average total pecks are 8,000 to 12,000 a day. A woodpecker was represented successfully by an artist Ben Hardway as fictional Woody Woodpecker.


A single cow releases vast amount of methane gas on a daily basis. The gas passed by a cow can fill about 400 litre bottles.

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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 elephant's tooth can weight as much as three kilograms

Do you know there are no snakes in New Zealand.

[Badlun]

THANKS for sharing. Very interesting. I wonder why Spanish bull fighters put red cloth in front of Bulls if they do not recognize it?

And this owls' parliament is very interesting. It can be a good propaganda tool for Mullahs who are always against democracy.

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THANKS for sharing. Very interesting. I wonder why Spanish bull fighters put red cloth in front of Bulls if they do not recognize it?

And this owls' parliament is very interesting. It can be a good propaganda tool for Mullahs who are always against democracy.

Or for ex mullahs .. Your every post reeks negativity.Put more negativity...i ll post about religion more iA.

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The heaviest flying bird is the King Bustard of Africa,it weighs about 19 kg !

Did you know that Giraffes only need to drink water once every few days! Most of their water comes from all the plants they eat !

Woodpeckers don't have any vocal cords that means they can't make a sound.Drumming trees with their beaks play an important part of their communication with each other!

Another amazing fact about woodpeckers is that pecking of trees for the whole day does not cause any pain to them! They have special air pockets in their brains which prevents feeling of pain reaching the brain!

Most of the living organisms have one heart. But a strange fact about octopuses is that every octopus has three hearts. Two hearts pump blood to its gills whereas one heart pumps blood to the rest of the body !

Cheetahs are the only big cat that can turn in mid-air while sprinting !

Do you know that horses express their mood ! Yes they do,they use their ears,eyes and nostrils to express their mood !

The Albatross has a wingspan of up to14 feet and only needs to land once every couple of years to breed !

The bird with the most feathers is the whistling swan,with up to 25000 feathers!

Most of us know that woodpeckers have very long tongue so that they can catch the prey from the depth of the holes of the trees but do you know that many woodpeckers have barbed tongues that help them extract bugs from trees and holes !

Despite not being strongly adopted for the dark,tigers have night vision that is 6 times better than humans!

Sharks have no bones .A shark's skeleton is made up of cartilage !

A rhino's horn is not attached to its skull.It is compacted mass of hairs that continues to grow throughout the animal's lifetime !

An adult hippo needs to resurface every three to five minutes to breathe !

A tarantula spider can survive without food for more than two years!

Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny droplets of smelling chemicals in the air.That is why dogs are used as detectives by police.

The Australian Mallee Fowl, a bird,builds a nest 5 meter ( 16.5 feet) high and 11 meters (36 feet) wide !

Do you know that the fastest swimming bird in the world is Gentoo Penguin!

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Bumblebee bats are the world's smallest mammals!

The birds don't fall off a branch while sleeping because their toes automatically clench around the twig they are perched on!

Do you know that some birds sing so loudly that we're unable to hear them! Many birds ,such as starlings,sing notes too high for humans to hear.

Do you know that Koalas have finger prints like us ! They are the only animals except primates (monkeys,apes ,humans etc) who have finger prints.

A bird's normal body temperature is usually 7-8 degrees hotter than humans !

Here is an amazing fact about Ostrich.Dis you know that an Ostrich eye is bigger than its brain!

Do you know that African Grey Parrot is considered to be the most talkative and most intelligent bird in the world? It often whistles ,clicks or make other sounds.If you have this parrot as a pet,you can expect to listen regular sounds of alarm clocks,video games,telephones as well as dripping water!

An amazing fact - A bird's heart beats 400 times per minute while resting and up to 1000 minutes per minute while flying! In humans ,it can be anywhere between 60 to 100 minutes per minute while resting .

Do you know that Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird in the world ! It can reach speed in excess of 200 miles ( more than 320 KMs) per hour.

Have you heard about a barking shark? Swell Shark is a species of fish that can bark like a dog.

Did you know that an ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed..

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Do they also include facts about yourself?

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Do they also include facts about yourself?

They include facts about animals with identity crisis also.Dont worry i ll add some of them too.

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Crows are considered to be fifth smartest animal in the word. Here is the list of world's top 5 smartest animals :Chimps,Dolphins,Elephants, Cephalopods & Crows.Although many scientist also put sheep,parrots and dogs also among top 5 intelligent animals in the list of 10 most intelligent animals!

Have you seen Goldfish -a fish which is multicolored !But do you know Goldfish can loose its color? But why & how? If Goldfish is kept in dim light ,it looses its color.Similar to humans,it needs sunlight to keep its pigment.

Do you know that the mosquitoes prefer to bite people who have just eaten a banana or have smelly feet!

Do you know that the roosters can't crow if they do not fully extend their necks!

Do you know a cat can not taste sweetness as it does not have receptors for sweetness !

Do you know a shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes!*More Facts about Ocean Animals

Did you know that mosquito repellents do not repel! They just block mosquito's sensors so they do not realize that you are there!It is like you having a blocked nose and unable to smell anything!

Do you know that 12 honeybees have too spend their whole lives to make a teaspoon of honey!

Baby giraffes can stand within half an hour and after only 10 hours can actually run alongside their family .

Do you know that elephants were known as oilphants .We started calling them elephants only after 14th century!

A goldfish is the only animal that can see the infrared and ultraviolet light!

A chameleon's tongue can move at the speed of 21 km/hour (13 mph) .It depends upon temperature and other conditions.Chameleon's tongue shoots out to a distance of up to one and half times their body length ,catch an insect prey on the its sticky end and then retract back into chameleon's mouth in a flash !

Ants stretch and yawn when they wake up in the morning!

Do you think cows bite grass off the ground, the answer is no !Rather they curl their tongues around it and pull !

Frogs breathe through their skin in hibernation .*Trivia about Amphibians

Here is a cute fact!When a male penguin falls in love with a female penguin,it searches whole beach to find a perfect pebble to give as a present to her !

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The longest migration bird : Do you know that the arctic tern makes the longest migration every year,it flies about 20000 to 25000 miles (32000 to 40000 kilometers) each year from Arctic to Antarctic and back again !

Dolphins have 'names' by which they call each other just like humans do! A study at University of St.Andrews in Scotland said that the marine mammals use a unique whistle to identify each other and respond when they hear their own call played back to them.The dolphins are acting like humans;they hear their name ,they answer back!

Did you know that there is only one species in insects which can turn its head and the name of that species is the praying mantis!

A tiger's legs are so powerful that even when it is dead ,it can remain standing.Many a times tigers keep standing even after being shot ,they bleed out and die !

Tigers are excellent swimmers and can swim upto 6.5 kms at a stretch!More Facts about Tigers

Do you know that female cats tend to be right pawed,while male cats happen to be more of left pawed.And another surprising fact about cats is that a cat can't climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat's paw points the same way.A cat must back down to get down from a tree!

Cats and Dogs: Cats can make about 100 different sounds .Dogs make only about 10 different types of sound.

Do you know that to completely drain out the blood of an average human,it would take at least 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once.

Do you know that parrots don't have vocal chords! They produce sound by pushing air out of their trachea.

Gorillas have senses very similar to humans including hearing,taste,sight,touch and smell!

Bees have 4 wings and their buzz is the sound made by their wings which beat 11,400 times per month.

Flies do not grow.They are born full size.

Do you know that Sharks have no bones,their skeleton is made up of cartilage.*More Facts about Ocean Animals

Rabbits can see behind them,but have a blind spot in front of their face

Flamingos are not naturally pink.They get their color from their food-tiny green algae that turn pink during digestion.

The only known poisonous bird in the bird is the hooded pitohui of New Guinea.

Do you know that weight of bones in a pigeon's body is less than weight of its feathers?

Do you know elephants can't survive for more than 24 hours without drinking? That's why they are never too far way from a water source.

Do you know that rats use their tail to control their body temperature because the can't sweat!.

Fish don't feel pain! A latest study has discovered that fish don't have brain system or enough sensory receptors to experience sufferings ,fish don't even suffer when they are hooked and fighting for lives.

A not-so-known fact about fish-The age of a fish can be determined the same way as trees.Fish scales also have one growth ring for every year of age .

Do you know why dogs are used as detectives?Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny droplets of smelling chemicals in the air .

Which is the nosiest animal?.This depends what you mean by noisiest. If you mean the loudest , then blue whale's low frequency pulses are considered to be the loudest,they are louder than a jet engine and can be detected more than 800 kms away.On the land, howler monkeys are the loudest ones, who can be heard from 4.8 kms away. In amphibians, it is conqui frog.In birds, oil birds are the loudest.