Someone asked me to put some
unusual facts about animals so I decided to go along with it. It's quite unusual and interesting anyway.
So here is my first batch of
UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT ANIMALSA female
anaconda is three to five times the size of the average male anaconda.
The average
hedgehog will live about ten years.
The average size of a
hedgehog falls between four and nine inches in length.
The average
hedgehog heartbeat is about 190 beats a minute. During hibernation, this reduces to about 20 times in a minute.
Geese will live on average twenty-five years.
Cats sleep most of their day away, up to sixteen hours.
A
rhinoceros, held in captivity, will live up to fifteen years.
Approximately 200 trees can be cut down by an average
beaver.
A
leopard, held in captivity, will live up to twelve years.- Susan M. Keenan
Just one
cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 liter bottles.
Cows can have regional accents
A
domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
Bonobos are the only non human primates that engage in oral sex, tongue kissing, and face-to-face genital sex.
In a fight between a polar
bear and a
lion, the polar bear would win.
US Secret Service s
niffer dogs are put up in five-star hotels during overseas presidential visits.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Bulls are color blind.
A
cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.
The
humpback whale has the longest flippers of any mammal, up to one third of the body length.
On average, there are ten
dogs in an African wild dog pack.
The average size of a newborn
kangaroo is the size of a coffee bean.
The average weight of a
mature bull is 900 pounds.
The black
uakari, a
monkey, travels an average of one and a half to 2 miles every day.
An average size for an adult
guinea pig is two pounds.
The average
sloth travels an average of fifteen feet a day.
The average
panda consumes 95% bamboo for its nourishment.
An average
llama has a weight of 375 pounds.
The
bowfin, a
fish, averages about thirty-four inches in length.
Emus can't walk backwards.
A group of
unicorns is called a blessing.
The average number of quills on a
porcupine is 30,000.
The average
dolphin eats one third of its weight of food each day.
One in every five thousand
North Atlantic lobsters is born in a bright blue color.
A group of
kangaroos is called a mob.
The
cows at the
Dairy Cattle and Research Center in Lansing yield an average of 80 pounds of milk per cow per day.
A
moose, on average, will live between fifteen and twenty-five years.
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
The Poison Arrow
frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
A group of
owls is called a parliament.
The average garden-variety
caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
A
goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
Americans spend around $3 billion for
cat and dog food a year.
Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
The
shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.
A group of
ravens is called a murder.
A group of
bears is called a sleuth.
Twelve or more
cows is called a flink.
A baby
oyster is called a spat.
Some
fleas have split penises like a Y shape
An
elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years
Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.
A
squid has 10 tentacles.
A
snail's reproductive organs are in its head.
The only
dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.
Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
The
giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
A
mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
More people are killed annually by
donkeys than in airplane crashes.
Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred
sheep with blue wool.
Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.
India has 50 million
monkeys.
By some unknown means, an
iguana can end its own life.
Zebras can't see the color orange.
There are more
insects in ten square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.
It is possible to lead a
cow upstairs but not downstairs.
The smartest dogs are the
Jack Russell Terrier and
Scottish Border collie. Dumbest:
Afgan hound.
A
rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
When a
horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.
The typical
hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
The
ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.
A
scallop has 35 blue eyes.
A
swan is the only bird with a penis
The left leg of a
chicken in more tender than the right one.
This is all for now. More
unusual facts about animals to come maybe in a day or two.
