Pear and apple seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.Ĭows have one large stomach that is divided into four compartments to go through the different stages of digestion.Īn anteater is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide. Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 liter bottles. The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.Īnimals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.Īnts never sleep. Male rabbits are called “bucks,” females are “does.” It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures.Įven a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death! To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaw, push your thumb into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly. The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America.ĭuring World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.Ĭanis lupus lupus is the scientific name for a grey wolf. The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes vulpes.Īlligators generally live between 30 & 50 years.Ī single elephant tooth can weigh as much as 9 pounds. The sentence “ The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will become pale!Ĭows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down. If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop – they use their tails for balance. The only mammals to undergo menopause are elephants, humpback whales and human females.īlue-eyed lemurs are one of two (non-human) primates to have truly blue eyes.Ī tarantula spider can survive for more than two years without food.įor every human in the world there are one million ants. Some male songbirds sing more than 2,000 times each day. These are the Vampire bat and the Burrowing bat. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that out of the 1,200 species of bats, only 2 can walk on ground. In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they’re moose hunting. Snakes are carnivores, which means they only eat animals, often small ones such as insects, birds, frogs and other small mammals. There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas. On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful. Turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins, whales, and other water going creatures will drown if kept underwater too long.Īlmost half the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China. The world’s smallest dog was a Yorkshire Terrier, which weighed just four ounces. The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting. Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.Ī lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year. Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.Ī newborn Chinese water deer is so small it can almost be held in the palm of the hand. Here are 300 of the best fun & random facts about animals! In fact, they are an American breed.If you’re looking for the most interesting list of animal facts, you’re at the right place! The Australian Shepherd is not actually from Australia. The Basenji is not technically “barkless,” as many people think.
Dogs curl up in a ball when sleeping to protect their organs - a holdover from their days in the wild, when they were vulnerable to predator attacks.ġ4. The Dandie Dinmont Terrier is the only breed named for a fictional person, a character in the novel “Guy Mannering” by Sir Walter Scott.ġ3. And it’s four times as likely to happen when it’s the yawn of a person your pet knows.ġ2. Research shows that the sound of a human yawn can trigger one from your dog. The name Collie means “black.” (Collies once tended black-faced sheep.)ġ1. The French Bulldog was first named the most popular breed in 2022.ġ0. Dogs’ noses can sense heat and thermal radiation, which explains why blind or deaf dogs can still hunt.ĩ.
Rin Tin Tin, the famous German Shepherd Dog, was nominated for an Academy Award.Ĩ.
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