36 interesting facts about animals

  1. A jellyfish is 95 percent water
  2. 7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.
  3. A bird 'chews' with its stomach.
  4. A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
  5. A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!
  6. A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.
  7. A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
  8. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
  9. A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.
  10. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!
  11. A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.
  12. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
  13. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
  14. A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!
  15. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
  16. A group of frogs is called an army.
  17. A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.
  18. A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
  19. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein!
  20. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
  21. A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average!
  22. A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
  23. A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
  24. A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.
  25. A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day.
  26. A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body.
  27. A male baboon can kill a leopard.
  28. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
  29. A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.
  30. A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
  31. A moth has no stomach.
  32. A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
  33. A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.
  34. A rodent's teeth never stop growing.
  35. A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
  36. A shrimp's heart is in its head.
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