1. Fireflies are the only creatures that give off light
without generating heat.
2. Hummingbirds beat their wings 60 to 80 times
per second.
3. Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds.
4. A completely blind chameleon will still take on
the colours of its environment.
5. A rodent’s teeth never stop growing.
6. Taurophobia is the fear of bulls.
7. An elephant’s trunk has around 15,000 muscles.
200 litres of water is drunk from it per day.
8. A large group of goats is called a herd.
9. Squirrels cannot see the colour red.
10. The average chicken lays about 260 eggs per
year.
11. A starving mouse will eat its own tail.
12. Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to
adulthood.
13. Bats are the only mammals that flies
14. Birds can recognise landmarks.
15. The starfish is the only animal capable of turning
its stomach inside-out.
16. Sharks are immune to cancer!
17. Alligators cannot move backwards.
18. The most popular dog breed in Canada, America,
and Great Britain is the labrador retriever.
19. The largest giant squid ever found weighed 8,000
pounds.
20. Humpback whales create the loudest sound of
any living creature.
21. Hippo’s sweat is pink.
22. Whale milk is 50% fat.
23. The blue whale is the largest of all whales and is
also considered the largest animal to have ever
existed in the world.
24. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
25. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and
then eats it again.
26. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one
night.
27. cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
28 . A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the
rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for
running.
29.Tigers have striped skin as well as their fur.
30. Hippos can run faster than humans!
31. The Latin name for moose is alces alces .
32. The earliest European images of dogs are found
in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago
in Spain.
33. The kangaroo’s ancestors lived in trees. Today
there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.
34. The great horned owl has no sense of smell.
35. The most poisonous fish in the world is the
stone fish.
36. The fear of animals is called zoophobia.
37. We share 98.4% of our DNA with a chimp.
38. Chocolate, macadamia nuts, cooked onions, or
anything with caffeine is harmful to dogs.
39. No two tigers ever have the same stripes, and
this is how individual tigers can be identified.
40. Elephants don’t drink through their trunks like a
straw.
41. Goat’s milk is higher in calcium, vitamin A and
niacin than cow’s milk.
42. Blue whales have large enough aortas (the main
blood vessel) for a human to crawl through.
43. Ostrich eyes is bigger than its brain
44. Bats have one opening, which serves as mouth and anus
45 . Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny
droplets of smelling chemicals in the air.
46. A cheetahs lifespan is up to 12 years in the wild.
47. Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders.
48. Fireflies are also known as lightning bugs.
49. Dogs can see better when the light is low.
50. An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away.
Reference: TheFactsite
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