Interesting Animal Facts.

[KhemikalKhid]

Giraffe's don't have vocal chords.

[Obscure_Trash]

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This is for interesting animal facts - excluding interesting facts about how animals have sex.

[Kursedfire]

Elephants have Four Knee's

[Foxpaw]

A goldfish remembers things for longer than 3 seconds. You can even teach them to do tricks (why you would is another story).

[Cori]

Goldfish also grow attached to their owners and pine for them when they're away.

[Nine]

Turkeys do not drown in the rain.

 

Ostriches do not stick their heads in holes to hide.

 

Chickens are not cowardly and have been known to sacrifice themselves for their chicks/hens.

 

The myth that Daddy Long legs are extremely venomous (the spiders, not the other thingy) is untrue.

 

Sharks don't like human meat as we are extremely scrawny compared to seals, etc. They usually bite once then swim away once they realize their distasteful error!

 

Only the largest of pythons could safely swallow a human, and even then they would need to be small or a young child... or unconscious... or really, really unlucky. Or all of the above.

 

Vultures are pretty awesome.

 

That's all I can think of off the top of my head, for now =) All trufax.

[Packgoater]

Domesticated breeds of ducks, even the really fat ones, can still fly.

 

Guineas are not only the pig, but a bird that is clown-ish in looks, can fly, and eats ticks.

 

Some types of goats faint.

 

There are goats born without ears.

 

Sheep's tails are cropped, they naturally have long ones.

 

Pigs are intelligent animals that are orderly when left in a large pen, often assigning a certain area to do their business in and a separate area to eat in.

 

Horses are not ruminants.

 

A male lion's roar can be heard several miles away.

 

There is a type of lion that lives in Asia near tigers, so in theory, a lion and a tiger could create a liger naturally.

 

[Ruins]

The smallest type of hummingbird is the size of a bee, makes nests the size of a thimble and lays eggs the smaller than garden peas.

 

Barnacles, clams and other bivalves can change from male to female and back again more than once in their lives.

 

Crocodiles take good care of their young.

 

Male seahorses are the ones who get pregant- the female lays her eggs in a special pouch on his belly, and he carries them until they hatch.

 

Rabbits cannot vomit.

 

Lemmings do NOT jump off cliffs during migration.

 

A banana is not a fruit, it is really a type of fish. Obligatory Discworld referance!

 

Some spaniels are so inbred that their brains are too large for their skulls.

[orange]

Rhinos don't use their horns to charge, but to show it off to find a mate.

 

 

[Rosedamai]

Mother pigs sing lullabys to her young! So sweet...but I ate a pig today..*guilty look*

[BlueSkyy]

For a long time, people and higher primates were the only species thought to be capable of metacognition.

 

Surprise! The adorable, highly intelligent rat is capable of it as well!

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/...70308121856.htm

Edited November 13, 2011 by BlueSkyy

[Xyzaq]

Hummingbirds have feet; but never really need to use them since they don't walk much.

 

The pistol shrimp makes such a loud noise with its claws, that it can kill other fish.

 

Whale milk is 50% fat.

 

And I think that's all I have off the top of my head.

 

 

[Leidarendi]

Turkey vultures (and New World vultures in general) defend themselves by vomiting their stomach acids onto threats.

[OceanSecrets]

There is no such thing as a chicken hawk. There are chickens and there are hawks, but no chicken hawks. (Sorry Henery Hawk.)

[Leidarendi]

Cheetahs cannot retract their claws.

[Rorchu]

Crows are known to use tools, pass information along to other members of the species, and mourn their dead.

[Rosedamai]

Magpies can recognize their reflection in a mirror, and moreover what they should "correctly" look like, as evidenced by this video:

 

 

Wow they're smart

[Kursedfire]

Humans daydream with their eyes open, and dolphins actually sleep with their eyes wide open.

 

Bulls are known to be colorblind.

 

The sweat glands of a cow are in its nose.

 

A mosquito has 47 teeth.

 

The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison stored in it that it can harm 2,200 people at one go.

 

A ‘blessing’ is a herd of unicorns.

 

A ‘mob’ is not just a group of unruly people; but also a group of kangaroos

 

A ‘parliament’ is not just made up of our dear politicians, but is also a group of owls.

 

Hang a chicken upside down and give it something to eat. The result! It will not be able to swallow its food.

 

A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

 

The memory span of goldfish is just about 3 seconds.

 

While a donkey will sink in quicksand, a mule will not.

 

According to records there are 50 million monkeys. That is quite an over population!

 

An angry horned-toad squirts blood from its eyes.

 

A scallop has 35 eyes that are blue in color.

 

Before a spotted skunk is about to spray it will first do a couple of handstands

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Crows, ravens and an assortment of other birds can imprint on people

 

Eagle's build nests that can span a few kilometer's depth and length wise and can way a few tons

 

Elephant's can communicate using seismic waves to communicate to others miles away

 

Tarantula's will scratch hair from their back part at a predator to cause irritation and give the spider a cahnce to get away

 

A group of crows is called a murder

 

You can teach an old dog new tricks

 

Warthog's tusks can curve towards there skull and grow into it if they get long enough

 

Cats are extremely smart and trainable if you have the patience

 

Haha all I can think of at the moment

 

 

[Ruins]

Eagle's build nests that can span a few kilometer's depth and length wise and can way a few tons

KILOMETRES? Aren't they like... Miles?!

[rainbowsmile]

There is no such thing as a chicken hawk. There are chickens and there are hawks, but no chicken hawks. (Sorry Henery Hawk.)

There is such a thing! Three things, actually, Chickenhawk is a common name for three species of hawk native to North America (the Cooper's Hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk and the Red-tailed Hawk). They will eat free range poultry, but they usually eat other types of birds.

 

Also... if you're ever in the grip of a constrictor snake, if you pour alcohol on its head, it will release.

 

KILOMETRES? Aren't they like... Miles?! 

 

A meter is roughly a yard, and a kilometer is 1000 meters, so roughly 1000 yards. Not quite a mile.

Edited November 22, 2011 by rainbowsmile

[Ruins]

A meter is roughly a yard, and a kilometer is 1000 meters, so roughly 1000 yards. Not quite a mile.

And they said an eagel's next could be not nearly a mile deep...

[rainbowsmile]

And they said an eagel's next could be not nearly a mile deep...

That does seem kind of crazy... Perhaps they meant plain ol' meters? A few yards is a little easier to believe.

[Drakelina]

I got some facts for you

 

A tarantula spider can survive for more than two years without food

 

Some male songbirds sing more than 2000 times each day

 

For every human in the world there are one million ants

 

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will become pale!

 

Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down

 

Alligators can live up to 100 years

 

Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!

 

We share 70% of our DNA with a slug

 

National Dance Like A Chicken Day falls on 14th May every year

 

The Basenji is the worlds only bark-less dog

 

Cows from different areas have a different moo accent

 

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider

Edited November 22, 2011 by Drakelina

[rainbowsmile]

While a donkey will sink in quicksand, a mule will not.

WHAT? Why?

Since I didn't know this for the longest time, I might as well throw it in there... Donkeys and mules are not the same. Mules are the result of a horse and a donkey breeding. Mules cannot reproduce.

 

Also, a bite from a Black Widow spider in most cases won't kill you. The venom attacks the nervous system and causes extreme pain and discomfort, but usually only results in death in infants, elderly people, or people who are already in extremely poor health.