54 Amazing Facts About Animals

Animals are everywhere around the world. Know them better by checking some amazing facts:   

1. Did you know that alligators can live up to 100 years?
2. Did you know that ostrich can run much faster than horses, while the male can roar like a lion?
3. Did you know that a male lion usually makes no more than twenty kills a year?
4. Did you know that chow is the only dog that does not have a pink tongue?
5. Did you know that turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, dolphins, whales, alligators, and other water going creatures will drown if kept underwater too long?
6. Did you know that almost half of the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China?
7. Did you know that the only mammal that can fly is the bat?
8. Did you know that the leg of the bat is so thin that no bat can walk?
9. Did you know that the only mammals that undergo to menopause are elephants, humpback whales and human females?
10. Did you know that female lion make ninety percent of the hunting?
11. Did you know that tarantula spider can survive more than two years without food?
12. Did you know that one human is equivalent to one million ants?
13. Did you know that deer have no gall bladders?
14. Did you know that cows can sleep while standing, but their dream may only occur while lying down?
15. Did you know that elephant teeth can weigh as much as 9 lbs?
16. Did you know that during World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs?
17. Did you know that flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down?
18. Did you know that ants never sleep and they don’t have lungs?
19. Did you know that cows have four stomachs?
20. Did you know that blue whale weighs as much as thirty elephants?
21. Did you know that grasshopper can leap 20 times the length of its own body?
22. Did you know that Iguanas, Koalas and Komodo dragons have two penises?
23. Did you know that woodpecker can peck 20 times per second?
24. Did you know that flea can jump up to 200 times of its own height?
25. Did you know that stone fish is the most poisonous fish in the world?
26. Did you know that killer whales are not whales at all, its a species of dolphin?
27. Did you know that whale’s heart only beats nine times every minute?
28. Did you know that female koala bears have two vaginas?
29. Did you know that panda is smaller than a mouse at birth?
30. Did you know that oyster can change from one gender to another depending on which is best for mating?
31. Did you know that fireflies are the only creatures that give off light without generating heat?
32. Did you know that hummingbirds beat their wings 60 to 80 times per second?
33. Did you know that rodent’s teeth never stop growing?
34. Did you know that hippopotamus are born underwater?
35. Did you know that bats can eat up to 1,000 insects per hour?
36. Did you know that squirrels can’t see red color?
37. Did you know that a starving mouse will eat its own tail?
38. Did you know that sharks live longer than dinosaurs?
39. Did you know that alligators can’t move backwards?
40. Did you know that butterflies have 12,000 eyes?
41. Did you know that hippo’s sweat is pink?
42. Did you know that swan has over 25,000 feathers in its body?
43. Did you know that giraffes have no vocal cords?
44. Did you know that cats can hear ultrasound?
45. Did you know that tuna fish can swim 49 miles in a single day?
46. Did you know that dogs are about as smart as a two year old child?
47. Did you know that dogs can see better when the light is low?
48. Did you know that elephant ca smell water up to 3 miles away?
49. Did you know that pig’s orgasm lasts 30 minutes?
50. Did you know that snakes don’t blink?
51. Did you know that frogs don’t drink water? They absorb water through their skin.
52. Did you know that crocodiles eat stones?
53. Did you know that horses can’t vomit?
54. Did you know that dolphins have a unique whistle?