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There are 1,600 known species of starfishes in the world. |
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Pigs can become alcoholics. |
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Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears. |
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The king crab walks diagonally. |
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The woolly mammoth, extinct since the Ice Age, had tusks almost 16 feet high. |
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Sharks never stop moving, even when they sleep or rest. |
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The snapping turtle eats carrion and is used by police to find dead bodies in lakes, ponds and swamps. |
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Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead. |
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78% of cats never travel with their owner. |
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The most venomous of all snakes, known as the Inland Taipan has enough venom in one bite to kill over 200,000 mice. |
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Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day. |
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Snakes don't bite in rivers or swamps because they would drown if they did. |
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Greyhound dogs can see better than any other breed of dog. |
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Some species of dinosaur were the size of chickens. |
The March Hare from Alice In Wonderland portrays the actual antics of real hares during springtime, when they jump around and hit their large hind feet on the ground. |
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All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature. |
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Elephants can smell water from as far away as three miles. |
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Snakes who have the genetic mutation of having been born with two heads have a hard time eating, because the two heads generally fight over which gets the food. |
The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years. |
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Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink. |