Thursday, April 23, 2009

Few Weird and Amazing Animal Facts


    • Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.

    • A group of Kangaroos is called a mob.

    • A young Kangaroo is called a Joey.

    • Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

    • Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.

    • The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird.

    • It weighs less than 1 oz (or 1g).

    • A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).

    • Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

    • Polar bears are left handed.

    • A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

    • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

    • Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.

    • Reindeer eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.

    • The coyote's scientific name (Canis Latrans) means 'barking dog'.

    • Snakes can see through their eyelids.

    • A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.

    • Woodpeckers don't get headaches from all that pecking.

    • Their skulls have air pockets to cushion the brain.

    • The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.

    • Butterflies tast sensors are in their feet.

    • They taste their food by standing on it.

    • Katydids have ears in their front legs.

    • The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle.

    • It can lift 850 times its own weight.

    • Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food.

    • The flying frog uses flaps of skin between its toes to glide.

    • The slowest mammal on earth is the tree sloth.

    • It only moves at a speed of 6 feet (1.83 meters) per minute.

    • The Chameleon's tongue is as long as its body.

    • The Chameleon can focus its eyes seperately to watch two objects at once.

    • The Kangaroo's ancestors lived in trees.

    • Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.

    • Flamingos eat with their heads upside down to strain the water out of their food.

    • Many snakes never stop growing.

    • That's one reason they must shed their skin.

    • The Artic Tern flies from the North Pole to the South Pole and then back again to spend summer in each place.

    • The black bulldog ant from Australia is the most dangerous ant in the world.

    • It stings and bites at the same time and has killed humans.

    • A hippopotamus can stay under water for up to 30 minutes.

    • The Basenji is the only dog which does not bark.

    • Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.

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