✦ A Giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch long tongue.
✦ Cats sleep more than 18 hours in a day but we don't sleep deeply like humans. Cats wake up at the slightest movement to see if their environment is safe.
✦ A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
✦ A newly born kangaroo is only about 1 inch long.
✦ Every year more people are killed by honey bees than snakes.
✦ Dolphin keeps one eye open while sleeping.
✦ Some insects eat themselves when they do not get food.
✦ Gorillas sleep a maximum of 14 hours in a day.
✦ The rat count increases very fast. A pair of mills can produce millions of offspring in a year.
✦ Lions cannot roar till they are 2 years old.
✦ Penguin's body has an amazing ability to convert salt water into clean water.
✦ Sea snails sleep for more than three years at a time.
✦ Dinosaurs have ruled the earth for about 165 million years before the end.
✦ Every year more people are killed by donkeys than in air accidents.
✦ Snakes can sleep continuously for 3 years.
✦ Camels drink 94 liters of water in less than 3 minutes.
✦ Giraffes can run faster than horses and can live longer without water than camels.
✦ The algae found in the seas produces 50 percent of the world's oxygen.
✦ Most of the cows give more milk while listening to the song.
✦ Giraffes only sleep for 20 minutes a day. But sometimes he sleeps even for 2 hours but it is very rare.
✦ Dogs and cats are also left or right-handed like humans.
✦ You can tell the sex (male or female) of a horse by counting its teeth. Most males have 40 teeth and females have 36 teeth.
✦ Cats can make about 1,000 types of sounds while dogs can make only 10 types of sounds.
✦ Turtle is a very ancient creature which is recognized for its shield-like armor. Its armor is developed from its ribs which help in protecting them.
✦ At present, there are more than 320 species of turtles, many of which are on the verge of extinction. Conserving them is a matter of concern.
✦ The shell of the turtle is raised from above and flattened from below. The upper part is called the carapace and the lower part is called the plastron.
✦ Turtles are known as a slow animal because they move very slowly. Turtles can run at a maximum speed of half a kilometer per hour.
✦ Butterflies taste an object with their feet.
✦ Owl is the only bird that sees only blue color.
✦ Crocodiles can neither move their tongue nor can they chew anything. Its digestive juice is very powerful and it can digest even an iron nail.
✦ About 50 species of kangaroos are found all over the world including Australia.
✦ A cow produces 200 times more gas in a day than a human.
✦ Cats can jump up to 7 times the length of their tail.
✦ Every year people spend 3 lakh 57 billion rupees on the food of their pet dogs and cats.
✦ The age of a squirrel is up to nine years.
✦ A small Australian duckbill can store up to 600 insects in its cheeks. They have special sacs in their cheeks which enable them to do this.
✦ Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
✦ Turtles are cold-blooded creatures like other reptiles, that is, they become inactive in winter.
✦ Some species of turtles live on land and some in water. There are also many species that can live in both water and land.
✦ The shell of turtles is very strong. Its evolution has evolved over time to protect them while remaining underground in harsh weather conditions. Turtles hide under the armor by shrinking their head and legs when threatened.
✦ A cockroach can live for 9 days even after its head is cut off, after which it will die of starvation.
✦ Polar bears are left-handed.
✦ An Oskich's eye is bigger than its brain.
✦ Camel has three eyelids so that it can protect itself from the flying sand of the desert.
✦ Pigs can keep their mating passion running for 30 minutes.