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June
2008
Amazing Facts about Animal Kingdom
Every living being in the nature has some miracle or uniqueness in it. Like human beings is the only living organism with the ability to think. In the same way every creature has some kind of different feature which makes that creature unique. Listed below are some of the amazing facts about the animal kingdom.
- Do you know dolphins sleep keeping their one eye open?
- Crocodiles are color blind but they completely go blind in water. But crocodiles are out in air they are very keen of sight.
- Among birds owl is the only one to see blue color.
- Do you know snails have 4 noses and more than 25000 teeth?
- Mosquito is said to have 47 teeth.
- Do you believe that a mature bear can run as fast as a horse?
- Camels can drink almost 250 liters of water in one go.
- Pig is the only animal which can burn because of sunlight.
- Giraffe uses their tongue for cleaning their ears.
- Blue is the blood color of a lobster.
- Can you believe snakes can’t hear?
- Kangaroo- the hopping animal can’t hop in backward direction.
- Ants- the workaholics, never sleep.
- Polar bears are left pawed.
- Vocal cords are absent in Giraffe.
- The length of chameleons tongue is equivalent or greater than its body length.
- Can you believe that chameleons tongue is faster than a fighter jet?
- The size of Ostrich’s eyes is bigger than its brain.
- An ant can lift 50 times more than its own weight.
- Without head a cockroach can survive for 9 days. Due to hunger at the end of 9th day it dies.
- For more than 2 years a tarantula can survive without food.
- There are 4 pairs of hearts in an earthworm.
- Goat never feeds on grass instead it only eats plant leaves.
- From a distance of 40 kilometers a Vulture can know the exact position of its prey.
- The sound of “Beka-Beka” is produced by male frogs only.
- Whales can sing song.
- Honey bees need to collect nectar from at least 1 million flowers to produce 1 liter of honey.
- A sail fish can swim at a speed of 110kms/hour.
- The length of a just-born kangaroo is approximately 1 inch.
- When a hippopotamus fully opens its mouth, a 4 feet long child can easily pass through its mouth.
The list seems to be never ending. Will be back soon with some more interesting and amazing facts of animal kingdom.
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