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Topic: weird animal facts

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Foxy V.	July 25, 2007 10:45 PM Over the course of its life an oyster changes sex several times. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. There are 1 million ants for every person in the world. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Elephants spend 23 hours a day eating. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	July 25, 2007 10:41 PM Polar bears are left handed. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. [ send green star]
Ivana P.	September 24, 2006 9:50 AM "Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air." - I didn't know that, well, as well as almost every fact here... This is great! ...my cat adores olives! ... [ send green star]
Ivana P.	September 24, 2006 8:05 AM I'm here [ send green star]
Anupam K.	September 24, 2006 3:39 AM Two wombs as in ... a womb and a pouch? And where does Ivana keep disappearing? Getting some diplomas in tolerance from the school of tolerance I believe. Or maybe backpacking off again. - Anupam. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Anupam K.	September 24, 2006 3:38 AM An elephant is the only animal that has 4 knees? Whachoo talkin' about? All animals have a fundamentally similar skeletal structure. See - in a dog's hind legs - the knees are the part that bends forward. The part that bends backward is the ankle. But unlike humans, a dog's ankles don't touch the ground. Effectivey, it walks on it's fingers - for greater speed. In an elephant the two front knees are what would be wrists in humans. ====== Duck quacks don't echo probably because ducks are social animals that live over a large area and echoing would make communication difficult. Wolf howls don't echo either. ========== Of course a kangaroo can't go backwards. Most animals can't. Or rather they don't. Because they don't have to. Humans do because we are hyper and also do many other unnecessary things. Why does a kangaroo have two wombs? [ send green star] [ accepted]
Foxy V.	September 16, 2006 10:23 AM A cat will clean herself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when ishe has fought with another cat. This is believed to be an attempt by the animal to soothe her nerves by doing something natural and instinctive. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	you are welcome Luke~ September 16, 2006 2:46 AM I know isn't it wonderful? [ send green star]
Luke T.	September 15, 2006 8:04 PM Thanks for sharing Foxy! I love hearing about all those facts - quite mindblowing [ send green star] [ accepted]
Foxy V.	March 29, 2006 8:13 AM A turtle can breathe through his/her butt.. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	rather amazing than weird March 29, 2006 8:11 AM An adult lion's roar is so loud, it can be heard up to five miles away. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	March 29, 2006 8:06 AM Tony she is so cute!!! [ send green star]
Tony F.	kangaroo March 29, 2006 8:03 AM A kangaroo has two wombs and cannot go backwards ~~ A cute little baby joey [ send green star] [ accepted]
Foxy V.	February 18, 2006 2:55 PM A crocodile can't stick his tongue out. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	February 17, 2006 8:38 AM i told you so... i can't control myself.... until my brain will go [ send green star]
Amordad Y.	February 17, 2006 8:36 AM Foxy - you are the infomaniac [ send green star] [ accepted]
Foxy V.	February 17, 2006 8:32 AM The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees! [ send green star]
Foxy V.	February 17, 2006 8:30 AM Orcas, also known as killer whales, are not whales but are the largest member of the dolphin family. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	February 17, 2006 8:28 AM A 70 pound octopus can squeeze through a hole no bigger than a silver dollar because it has no backbone. [ send green star]
Anupam K.	December 23, 2005 4:23 AM Well I knew some of them, and now I know more!!! Thanx. - Anupam. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Foxy V.	December 15, 2005 10:12 AM A rat can last longer without water than a camel can All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m. Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned. Swans are the only birds with penises. The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court. The expression "three dog night" originated with the Eskimos and means a very cold night - so cold that you have to bed down with three dogs to keep warm. The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter. The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly. It lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind, and lays only one egg each year. Despite this, it has survived for more than 70 million years. [ send green star]
Foxy V.	weird animal facts December 15, 2005 10:05 AM A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute. An adult blue whale's heart beats about 6 times a minute. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of rhinos is called a crash. A horse has 18 more bones than a human. Alligators cannot move backwards. Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air. A blue whale is the loudest animal. Black cats are considered lucky in some European countries. The African Lungfish can live out of water for up to 4 years. A blue whale's tongue is so large that 50 people could stand on it. An elephant can smell water three miles away. There are more cows than people in the US. Tiger sharks can have anywhere from 10 to 80 young in one birth. The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. An ant can lift 50 times it's own weight. It takes seven years for a lobster to grow 1 pound. It is possible for one female cat to be responsible for the birth of 20,736 kittens in four years. (Please get your cats fixed!) Turtles can breathe through their butts. For every human in the world there is 15 dogs an 45 cats. (Again, fix your pets!) Starfish don't have brains. (how sad!) Scared of sharks? Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. About 150 people are killed each year by coconuts. You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. A crocodile's tongue is attached to the roof of it's mouth. More people each year are killed from bees than from snakes. A cockroach can go nine days without eating. A giraffe's tongue is about 21 inches long. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump. Sharks are immune to cancer. Snails can sleep for 3 years. There are 200,000,000 insects for every 1 person on earth. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. [ send green star]