ANIMAL FACTS

Animals Interesting Facts part one;

·         Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 liter bottles.

·         Cows can have regional accents

·         A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.

·         Bonobos are the only non human primates that engage in oral sex, tongue kissing, and face-to-face genital sex.

·         In a fight between a polar bear and a lion, the polar bear would win.

·         US Secret Service sniffer dogs are put up in five-star hotels during overseas presidential visits.

·         Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

·         Bulls are color blind.

·         A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.

·         Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

·         The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.

·         Emus can't walk backwards.

·         A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

·         A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

·         A group of owls is called a parliament.

·         A group of ravens is called a murder.

·         A group of bears is called a sleuth.

·         Twelve or more cows is called a flink.

·         A baby oyster is called a spat.

·         Some fleas have split penises like a Y shape

·         An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years

·         Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.

·         The average garden-variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

·         A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

·         A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.

·         More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.

·         Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool.

·         Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.

·         India has 50 million monkeys.

·         By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.

·         Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.

·         Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.

·         The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.

·         A squid has 10 tentacles.

·         A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.

·         When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.

·         The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.

·         The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.

·         A scallop has 35 blue eyes.

·         A swan is the only bird with a penis

·         The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.

·         The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.

·         Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

·         The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.

·         Zebras can't see the color orange.

·         There are more insects in ten square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.

·         It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

·         The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.

·         A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.

·         Chocolate kills dogs! . A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! 

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