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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gazaly" data-source="post: 229622" data-attributes="member: 10197"># Animal Kingdom:# Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.# Sharks have no air bladders, so they must swim constantly or they'll sink.# Cockroaches can go without eating for three months, as long as they have water.# Birds are largely unaffected by spicy things, like chillies, as they are not sensitive to capsaicin, the hot stuff in chilies.# The male penguin incubates the single egg laid by his mate. During the two month period he does not eat, and will lose up to 40% of his body weight.# "Mako sharks" show cannibalistic tendencies while still in mother's womb; older embryos will eat the younger embryos and eggs.# Dalmatians are born without spots.# Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.# The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.# "Sanguinary ants" raid the nests of other ant tribes, kill the queen, and kidnap many of the workers# Frogs do not need to drink water as they absorb the water through their skin.# Humans, Ants and Chimpanzees are the only organisms that wage organized warfare.# The penguin is the only bird that can swim but can't fly.# Kiwis are the only birds that hunt by smell.# Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.# The elephant is the only mammal with four knees.# Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.# Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color# There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.# Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs.# Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.# Male and female giraffes tend to eat from different parts of a tree to ensure that the sexes do not compete for food.# The albatross can glide on air currents for several days and can even sleep while in flight.# A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth.# Bulls are colorblind, it is the motion of the cape which angers them.# Giraffes rarely sleep more than 20 minutes a day# Not a single new livestock animal has been domesticated in the last 4,000 years.# Honeybees navigate using the sun as a compass, even when it is hidden behind clouds# An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater.# Eel-skin wallets have been known to demagnetize credit cards# In the magic world of seahorses it is the male who gets pregnant and has the babies.# A blind Chameleon is still able to change colours to match its environment.# Spiders inject their victims with a chemical that dissolves them. Then the spiders drink their lunch with their mouths which are soda straw-like.# When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.# If you cut the head off a cockroach, it will continue to live for up to many more weeks.# Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only female bites.# A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 2 seconds# Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean# Sharks never get sick, as far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer# Sharks will eat anything. The only exception, is that they will not eat anything in the vicinity of where they give birth. This is because they are so stupid, this is the only way nature protects them from accidentally eating their own babies# If a drop of liquor gets on a scorpion, it will immediately commit suicide with its own stinger# The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight# Female black widow spiders eat their husbands after mating. That's how they got that name# All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature# Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surroundings by osmosis# About 70% of all organisms in the world are Bacteria# Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal# Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day# To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers# Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes# Tiger Snake of Australia is the most poisonous snake in the world. 1 mg of its venom is enough to kill a man# The common silkworm has eleven brains. It only uses five of them.# A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.# Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left foot# Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet# A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs but suckles its young on milk once they have hatched# Flamingos get their pink color from the shrimp they eat. The more shrimp they eat the deeper pink they become# Water based mammals like dolphins and whales swish their tails up and down. Only fish move them sideways# A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away# Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating# Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music# Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to do it# Ostriches stick their heads into the sand to find underground drinking water# Pigeons can be killed by feeding them uncooked rice, either coz their stomach can't handle the carbohydrates or it swells in their throats and chokes them# The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows!# To make just one pound of honey, bees must collect nectar from over two million seperate flowers# Cuban bee hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird, only 57 mm (2¼ in) long and half of this is tail and bill. It weighs less than 2 g and is the smallest warm-blooded animal# The color white in the animal kingdom means 'danger' or 'caution'. On safari in Africa it is recommended not to wear white because it can scare away the animals# Cockroach can detect movement as small as 2,000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom# The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs, covering a meter a second# The cockroach has a high resistance to radiation and is the creature most likely to survive a nuclear war# The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot# Did you know that a giraffe can kill a lion with one kick# A sea urchin walks on the tips of its teeth# Humans are the only animals to sleep on their backs# Perfume is frequently made from - among other things- a slippery, musky substance called Ambergris which is vomited up by certain species of whales from time to time# The female angler-fish weights up to half a ton. The male, however, is only a few millimeters long, and spends his whole life attached to her nose# The Panda bear is expected to become extinct by about 2040, barring a drastic change of events# Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards# Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants# It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky# Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die# The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb, the survivor being the baby shark that is born# A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.# The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car. The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant# A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes# Giraffes are unable to cough# Dolphins swim in circles while they sleep with the eye on the outside of the circle open to keep watch for predators. After a certain amount of time they reverse and swim in the opposite direction with the opposite eye open# A newborn turkey chick has to be taught to eat, or it will starve# Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.# A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.# It would take 27,000 spiders, each spinning a single web, to produce a pound of web# A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body# A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second# Ants don't sleep# Aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give birth 10 days after being born themselves# Camel milk does not curdle.# Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats# German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dogs.# Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump# It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg# It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one poundNo two spider webs are the same# It takes 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. The numbers for other types of fur coats are: beaver - 15; fox - 15 to 25; ermine - 150; chinchilla - 60 to 100# In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.# The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat# The Pacific Giant Octopus, the largest octopus in the world, grows from the size of pea to a 150 pound behemoth potentially 30 feet across in only two years, its entire life-span.# The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death.# The fastest -moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.# Swans are the only birds with penises# Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves# The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.# The dachshund is one of the oldest dog breeds in history (dating back to ancient Egypt.) The name comes from one of its earliest uses - hunting badgers. In German, Dachs means "badger," Hund is "hound."# A zebra is white with black stripes# The turkey was named for what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin# The venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that of a rattlesnake# The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons# There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth# When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny# When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone# When ants find food, they lay down a chemical trail, called a pheromone, so that other ants can find their way from the nest to the food source# If an octopus is hungry enough, it will eat its own arms.# Insects consume 10% of the world's food supply every year# The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times# The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!# Cat's urine glows under a black-light!# The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1# Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.# Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.# Over 10000 birds a year die from smashing into windows# The Puffer Fish contains a poison that is 500 times deadlier than cyanide, yet it's a delicacy in Japan.# India has no rabbits in the wild – only hares</blockquote>

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