Discover some interesting facts about animals which will amaze you.
The female lion does almost all of the hunting (90%).
Contraceptive pills work with gorillas.
Dogs usually actually have better eyesight than humans, though they lack color.
A duckbill platypus can store as many as 600 worms in the pouches of its cheeks.
Deer are not able to eat hay.
The only animals known to man that cannot get cancer are sharks and rays. Scientists believe that it may be the fact that they have cartilage instead of bones.
Sloths take 2 weeks to digest food.
The species of lizard, known as the Tuatara (native to New Zealand) has 3 eyes, 2 on the front of its head and one on top.
Because the quills of a porcupine are in fact hollow, they are excellent at swimming.
Elephants are able to smell water from great distances, as far aways as 3 miles.
The giant tortoise is able to live in captivity the longest out of any animal.
Out of all the breeds of dog, Greyhounds have the best eyesight.
The giant octopus of the Pacific can fit its entire body into very small holes holes, as small as the size of its beak.
Birds do not sleep in their nests.
Young robin birds eat 14 feet length of earthworms per day.
Throughout its life, an oyster will change its sex back and forth many times.
Ancient Egyptians used crocodile feces as a contraceptive.
The Alaskan black fish lives in the artic region. When winter comes and the water freezes, the black fish lays in suspended animation. Afterwards, when the ice melts the black fish simply swims away.
Lobsters are terrified of octopuses, the sight of one is enough to make a lobsters freeze.
A platypus can eat as much worms as its own weight per day.
Sorry guys, for some reason it wasnt published properly. It should be properly published within the next 24 hours, I've already requested an edit.
Thanks,
Lance
#2 by Liane Schmidt. Jul 18, 2007
This is ABSOLUTELY wonderful! I LOVE this article. The title made me laugh outloud and the facts - I must've said "what no way!" at least 5 times! Great work!
Best wishes!
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
#3 by chandra Apr 23, 2008
i did not know alot of those things thats cool!!
your friend ~chandra~
#4 by evb Jun 10, 2008
The Tuatara isn't a lizard, though it is a reptile. For more info check out this site..http://www.kcc.org.nz/animals/tuatara.asp
otherwise, good stuff!!
#5 by matthew Jul 7, 2008
i dont know about the deer not being able to eat hay. my family had a deer farm and we fed them hay and they ate it.
#6 by The Duck Jul 9, 2008
The Tuatara doesn\'t actually have 3 eye\'s. It is supposed to have a light sensitive patch on the top of it\'s head, but no-one knows if they use it. certainly the one that lived over my back fence as a kid watched me with it\'s actual eyes and not the top of it\'s head.
#7 by b Jul 16, 2008
I don't believe 15 - how can a bird fit that much worm in it's body?
#8 by lvleph Jul 19, 2008
Some more inaccuracies.
Dogs can see color. citation
Sloths digest food in days not weeks. citation
#9 by lvleph Jul 19, 2008
Well my links didn't work so here are the addresses:
http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/LA/davis2.htm
http://rainforest.montclair.edu/pwebrf/rainforest/Animals/mammals/sloths.html
#10 by Karina Oct 3, 2008
This sight was verry Helpful with my science paper!!!! i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and these facts ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO interesting
Thanks,
Lance