There are a lot of information is super weird about animals that you won't believe but true.
Here are 36 of the most interesting animal facts. We should warn you, though...nature can be terrifyingly wonderful (emphasis on the terrifying part).
Here are 36 of the most interesting animal facts. We should warn you, though...nature can be terrifyingly wonderful (emphasis on the terrifying part).
- Some Reindeer migrate more than any other mammals - over 3,000 miles in a year.
- A Reindeer's nose warms the air it breathes before it gets to its lungs.
- Some Reindeer have knees that make a clicking sound when they walk. It helps them keep together in a blizzard.
- Some Turtles can breath out of their butts.
- The tongue of a Giraffe is so long it can lick inside its own ear.
- On average a Great White Shark has 300 teeth at any one time.
- Giraffes and humans have the same number of bones in their necks: 7
- A Tasmanian Devil's powerful jaw is three times stronger than the jaw of a Pit Bull Terrier. So if you see one don't muck with it
- Snails can't hear you. They don't have ears.
- Snakes can hear you. They have ears on the inside of their head.
- Snakes smell with their tongue.
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- Cows kill more people than Sharks. About 10 humans are killed by Sharks every year but nearly 100 people die each year from being stepped on by cows.
- The brain of a cockroach is inside its body. If a roach loses its head it can still live for over a week, eventually dying because it can not eat.
- The Australian Barking Spider preys on small frogs and reptiles.
- Spiders have 8 legs and 48 knees.
- If a Copperhead snake loses a fang it can replace it with a spare. It has up to seven spare fangs.
- The longer a Copperhead snake is the longer its fangs are.
- Frogs sleep with their eyes open.
- It's hard to sneak up on a frog. They can see in all directions at once.
- Fear of frogs is know as Frog Phobia or Ranidaphobia
- A Shark's teeth are normally replaced every eight days.
- Man-eating sharks prefer to eat men. 13 males are bitten for every one female
- A Great White Shark can go without eating for up to three months.
- If you lift a Kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.
- 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 - 0.07 oz ( 2 grams).
- A bear can run at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).
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