Interesting facts about animals

• Bats are the only mammals, which can fly.
• A snail can sleep for three years without eating.
• Some kinds of bears make nests in trees.
• The bear’s gall bladder is more valuable than gold.
• The heart of blue whale is the size of a small new car.
• Pork is the most eaten meat in the world
• A lion’s roar can hear up to 5 miles.
• New Zealand is home to 4 million people but 70 million sheep.
• Rats and horses can’t vomit.
• Pregnant gold fish is called a twit.
• Electric eels are capable of emitting a discharge of 600 volts.
• A dragonfly is the fastest flying insect.
• There are 75 million horses on earth.
• A crocodile grows always new teeth to replace the old teeth.
• Elephants are able to smell water away from 3 miles.
• Dogs have better eyesight than humans but they are color-blind.
• A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
• A cheetah can run 76 km per hour.
• Frogs live in all continents except Antarctica.
• Zebra enemies include hyenas, wild dogs and lions.
• The milk of the camel never gets spoiled that means the milk never breaks in to solid or liquid.
• A mosquito has 47 teeth.
• Whales can sing songs.
• Dolphins usually sleep with one eye open.
• Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue.
• A tarantula can live more than two years without food.
• Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
• A gold fish is the only animal that can see infrared and ultraviolet light.
• A dog’s sense of smell is 1000 times stronger than humans.
• Zebras can’t see the color orange.
• An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years.
• Emus can’t walk backwards.
• A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
• Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead.

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