Interesting Facts about Animals

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

Emus can't walk backwards.

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.

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.

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

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

Some fleas have split penises like a Y shape.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

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

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

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.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

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

A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

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.

A squid has 10 tentacles.

A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years

Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.

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

Cows can have regional accents

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

Bulls are color blind.

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

The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.

Zebras can't see the color orange.

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

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

The fat molecules in goat milk are 5 times smaller than thosefound in cow milk. It takes 20 minutes for the stomach to breakdown as opposed tothe hour that it takes to break down cow milk.

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

Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

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

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.