☛ The only mammals to undergo menopause are elephants, humpback whales and human females.
☛ Blue-eyed lemurs are one of two (non-human) primates to have truly blue eyes.
☛ If you keep a goldfish. in a dark room, it will become pale!
☛ There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in its body to kill six cats!
☛ The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
☛ Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
☛ Goats and sheep are seasonal breeders.
☛ The longest recorded life span of a slug was 1 year, 6 months.
☛ On average, cows poop 16 times per day!
☛ Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
☛ On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful.
☛ Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.
☛ Male rabbits are called “bucks,” females are “does.”
☛ The flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. This is equal to a man jumping the Empire State Building in New York.
☛ Almost half the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China.
☛ Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
☛ A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
☛ Every day of the year, 100 whales are killed by whale fisherman.
☛ George Washington’s teeth were made of elephant ivory, and walrus tusks.
☛ The great horned owl has no sense of smell.
☛ Canis lupus lupus is the scientific name for a grey wolf.
☛ Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.
☛ The ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed.
☛ The very first bomb that the Allies dropped on Berlin in World War Two hit an elephant.
☛ A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
☛ The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America.
☛ Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.
☛ The fear of animals is called zoophobia.
☛ The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
☛ The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes vulpes.
☛ A whale’s heart beats only nine times a minute.
☛ A newborn Chinese water deer is so small it can almost be held in the palm of the hand.
☛ Scientists have performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
☛ Tigers have striped skin as well as their fur.