Many Amazing Facts about Animals-II

• A goldfish is the only animal that can see infrared and ultraviolet light.
• One in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
• A snail can sleep for 3 years.
• A group of jelly fish is called a smack.
• The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.
• The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
• There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
• There are about 100 breeds of cats.
• A tiger's paw prints are called pug marks.
• Over 100,000 birds, whales, seals and turtles worldwide are killed by plastic rubbish every year. Marine life, in particular turtles, is prone to mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish, ingesting them and dying of intestinal blockage.
• Infant beavers are called kittens.
• The fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift, can fly as fast as 106mph.
• Slugs have 4 noses.
• Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex.
• Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
• Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.
• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
• A cheetah can reach a top speed approaching 70 mph.
• A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
• Greyhounds can jump a distance of 27 feet.
• Yak milk is pink in color.
• An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
• Of the approximately 200 eggs laid by a female leatherback sea turtle an average of two will survive their youth and grow to sexual maturity.
• Dolphins sleep with one half of the brain at a time, and one eye closed.
• A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
• For every person there are rougly 200 million insects.
• An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
• The leech has 32 brains.
• Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
• The Galpagos Tortoise has a potential life span of 200 years.
•  A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
• The average outdoor only cat has a lifespan of about three years. Indoor only cats can live sixteen years and longer.
• The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract its claws.
• The praying mantis only has one ear.
• Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
• Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
• It takes a lobster about seven years to grow to be one pound.
• The membranes in a dog's nose, if unfolded and laid out, would be larger than the dog itself.
• Large kangaroos can cover over 30 feet with each jump.
• A group of owls is called a parliament.
• Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
• A rhinoceros's horn is made of hair.
• On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
• Elephants have been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean.
• Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. They are immune to every type of disease including cancer.
• Kiwi birds are blind, they hunt by smell.
• A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.
• Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks.
• Male seahorses produce offspring.
• The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
• Giraffes have no vocal cords.
• A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
• Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.
• Goat's eyes have rectangular pupils.
• An albatross can sleep while flying.
• A dolphin's hearing is so acute that it can pick up an underwater sound from fifteen miles away.
• A mosquito has 47 teeth.
• No two zebras have the same markings.
• A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
• Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
• Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
• The sex organ on a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs.
• Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.
• Armadillos, opossums, and sloth’s spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.
• Lobsters can live up to 50 years.
• The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
• Bees have five eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.
• The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract its claws.
• Catfish have 100,000 taste buds.
• A baby bat is called a pup.
• Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.
• The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
• The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
• Almost 65% of Central America has been cleared to create pastureland for grazing cattle.
• Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
• Hummingbirds are the smallest birds - so tiny that one of their enemies is an insect, the praying mantis.
• Mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.
• The male platypus has venom strong enough to can kill a small dog and cause excruciating pain among humans.
• The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night.
• The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
• The venom of the stonefish can kill a human in two hours.
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