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Animal & Insect Facts 3
The world smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
A person can carry a weight approximately equal to themselves. An ant can carry a weight 100 times heavier than themselves. Ants are the creatures with the biggest brains relative to their body size. If an ant were as big as we are, they could carry 10 automobiles on their backs and probably solve calculus problems simultaneously.
A large kangaroo can clear more than thirty feet in one jump.
Why is it dangerous for whale calls to be drowned out?
Noise pollution could be a big problem for whales. They rely on their calls for navigation, communication, and warnings. Their calls are also used to find food and attract mates. So it's a serious issue when whale watching boats make so much noise that the whales can't hear each other!
The wolf feeds almost exclusively on flesh, bones, and other animal matter
The only dog to ever appear in a Shakespearean play was Crab in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Every bird and mammal except the spiny anteater experiences REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.
Ants are social insects and live in colonies which may have as many as 500,000 individuals.
Dogs that reside in cities live about three years longer than dogs that live in the country.
Lone wolves have no social territory and rarely scent-mark or howl
Ants sleep about three hours, then stretch and appear to
yawn, just like people do when waking.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth
Hunting is not instinctive for cats. Kittens born to non-hunting mothers may never learn to hunt.
'Seizure Alert' dogs can alert their owners up to an hour before the onset of an epileptic seizure.
One trait, called Melanosis, causes chickens' bones, ligaments, skin and tendons to be colored BLACK
The cheetah is the worlds fastest land animal it is also the only cat that can't retract its claws?
The range size for a given pack of wolves depends on many environmental factors, particularly prey density
Exercise is probably the most important key to increasing your metabolism and burning off excess fat.
The five most popular dog tricks in the U.S. are sit, shake (paw), roll over, speak and lie down.
Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet.
Worlds Most "Prolific" Cat was a tabby named "Dusty" gave birth to 420 documented kittens in her lifetime.
It is common for wolves to be moving eight to ten hours in a day. A pack may cover distances from 30-125 miles in a day
There are 7 different groups of dogs: Toys, Hounds, Herding, Sporting, Non-Sporting, Working, and Terriers.
There have been snakes born with two heads. They usually coexist alright until one tries to eat the other
The mayfly has a two-hour long lifespan. It has no mouth, because it will not have time to digest a meal.
Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle.
The individual hair of a chinchilla is so fine that 500 of them equal the thickness of a single human hair.
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's most famous canine companion was his Scottish Terrier, Fala, who is part of the Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. But during Roosevelt's 12 years and one month as president, 11 dogs lived in the White House. They included a Bullmastiff, two red setters, a retriever, a Bulldog, a Llewellin Setter, a Scotch Terrier, a Great Dane, a Sheepdog, and a German Shepherd who tried to rip the pants off the British Prime Minister.
A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake.
No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
Ten human years translate to about 60 cat years. A one year old cat is similar in age to an 18 year old human.
The wolf's front teeth are sharp and pointed and adapted to puncturing, slashing, and clinging
If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens,
a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow
If you could jump as high as a grasshopper, relative to its size, you could jump more than 1/2 mile straight up.
The chicken was once considered a sacred animal symbolizing the sun. Breeds were developed to provide plumage for ceremonial costumes.
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.
Anna Sewell (1820 - 1878), Black Beauty, 1877
