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Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
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African elephants have bigger ears than Indian elephants.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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African elephants only have four teeth to chew their food with.
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Goats were the first animals to be used for milk by humans.
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If you have a fear of chickens, then you actually have Alektorophobia.
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A dik-dik is a tiny antelope that lives in East Africa, Namibia, and Angola.
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Male dogs will raise their legs while urinating to aim higher on a tree or lamppost because they want to leave a message that they are tall and intimidating. Some wild dogs in Africa try to run up tree trunks while they are urinating to appear to be very large.
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A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.
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Worldwide, more people eat and drink milk from goats than any other animal.
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
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The ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed.
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The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan hounds.
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The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
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During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.
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An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away.
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Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws.
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Baby whales grow to a 1/3 of their mother’s length in the womb.
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Dogs are about as smart as a two or three-year-old child.
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The animal on the Firefox logo is not a fox, but a red panda.
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According to records, there are 50 million monkeys in the world!
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Hyenas regularly eat the faeces of other animals.
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The Big Five is a group of animals of Africa: cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino.
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Dog nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.
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Dogs can see in color, though they most likely see colors similar to a color-blind human.
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Most young fireflies feed on nectar and pollen, although adult fireflies do not need to eat to survive.
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Turkeys have a poor sense of smell, but an excellent sense of taste.
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Approximately 100 people die each year when they are stepped on by cows.
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Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds.
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The phrase “raining cats and dogs” originated in seventeenth-century England. During heavy rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America.
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The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting.
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On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful.
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Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.
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Goats were the first animals domesticated by man in 10,000 B.C.
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Fireflies are the only creatures that give off light without generating heat.
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The starfish is the only animal capable of turning its stomach inside-out.
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A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
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Tuna fish can swim 40 miles in a single day.
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Dumbledore isn’t only the Headmaster of Hogwarts; in fact, a Dumbledore is an old English term for a type of bee.
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Blue whales have large enough aortas (the main blood vessel) for a human to crawl through.
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Giraffes have no vocal cords.
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About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep.
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You can tell a turtle’s gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt, females hiss.
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A ‘haw’ is the third eyelid of a cat, which can only be seen when the cat isn’t well.
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Lonomia obliqua is the world’s deadliest caterpillar.
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There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in its body to kill six cats!
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Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year.
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In Alaska, it is illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they’re moose hunting.
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Every day of the year, 100 whales are killed by whale fisherman.
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The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.
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Snakes are carnivores, which means they only eat animals, often small ones such as insects, birds, frogs and other small mammals.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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The blue whale weighs as much as thirty elephants and is as long as three Greyhound buses.
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A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
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A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
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Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again depending on which is best for mating.
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Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood.
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Whale milk is 50% fat.
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There are roughly twenty-four thousand species of butterflies.
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The lifespan of 75% of wild birds is 6 months.
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Ailurophobia is the fear of cats.
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Hummingbirds are the only birds who can fly backwards.
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The lifespan of a bush baby is 14 years.
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There is no visual difference between male and female herons.
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The scales of a crocodile are made of certain, the same substance that hooves and fingernails are made of.
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Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 45 mph.
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A squid’s eye can get as big as a basketball.
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Dogs can see better when the light is low.
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Shark corneas are being used in human eye transplants.
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French poodles did not originate in France – they came from Germany.
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Sharks are immune to cancer!
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When young abalones feed on red seaweed their shells turn red.
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George Washington’s teeth were made of elephant ivory and walrus tusks.
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The smell of a skunk can be detected by a human a mile away.
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The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes vulpes.
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A skunk will not bite and throw its scent at the same time.
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The longest recorded lifespan of a slug was 1 year, 6 months.
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A rodent’s teeth never stop growing.
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Birds can recognize landmarks, which they use to help them navigate.
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Starfish have eight eyes – one at the end of each leg.
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Goat’s milk is higher in calcium, vitamin A and niacin than cow’s milk.
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79% of pet owners sleep with their pets.
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The Basenji is the worlds only bark-less dog.
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Female bald eagles are 25% larger than males.
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Crocodiles have brains no larger than a cigar.
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Female harp seals get in groups to have their babies one mating season is over.
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Before they’re even born, sand tiger sharks eat their twin brothers and sisters!
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Jellyfish evaporate in the sun. They’re 98% water.
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There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world.
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There are currently over a million animal species on planet earth.
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More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the US at Thanksgiving.
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The largest giant squid ever found weighed 8,000 pounds.
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The American Kennel Club, the most influential dog club in the United States, was founded in 1884.
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If you cut off a snail’s eye, it will grow a new one.
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Baby horses can walk and run after just a few hours of being born.
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Canis lupus is the scientific name for a grey wolf.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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The Latin name for moose is Alces alces.
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Elephants are covered with hair.
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Chocolate, macadamia nuts, cooked onions, or anything with caffeine is harmful to dogs.
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The blue whale is the largest of all whales and is also considered the largest animal to have ever existed in the world.
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Goats do not have teeth in their upper front jaw.
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Polar bears are the world’s largest land predators.
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Many species of owls have special feathers for flying silently.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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A polar bear’s outer fur is called ‘guard hair’.
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A group of frogs is called an army.
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Moose have very poor vision. Some have even tried to mate with cars.
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There are no ants in Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica.
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The color red doesn’t really make bulls angry; they are color-blind.
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Goats are quite agile creatures and in some cases, they can jump over 5 feet.
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The average dog can run about 19 mph.
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Cat owners are 30% less likely to suffer a heart attack.
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Penguins can jump 6 feet out of the water.
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Alligators cannot move backward.
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Small quantities of grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs.
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The great horned owl has no sense of smell.
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There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
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Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs.
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Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
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At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
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A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.
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Fireflies are also known as lightning bugs.
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One survey reports that 33 percent of dog owners admit they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on answering machines while they are away.
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The Tyrannosaurus Rex went extinct 65 million years ago.
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There are over 210 breeds of goats in the world.
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Alternate American names for the Elk are the moose and the Wapiti.
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A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
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Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
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There are approximately 450 million goats around the world.
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The crocodile’s tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth.
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Even though a polar bears average body temperature is 37°C; they don’t give off any detectable heat, so they won’t show up in infrared photographs.
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Barn owls hunt mostly small mammals such as the short-tailed vole.
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Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food.
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The most popular dog breed in Canada, America, and Great Britain is the Labrador retriever.
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An elephant’s trunk has around 15,000 muscles. 200 liters of water is drunk from it per day.
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Hummingbirds beat their wings 60 to 80 times per second.
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In 2003, Dr. Roger Mugford invented the “wag-o-meter” a device that claims to interpret a dog’s exact mood by measuring the wag of its tail.
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At birth, baby kangaroos are only about an inch long – no bigger than a large water bug or a queen bee.
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Male rabbits are called “bucks,” females are “does.”
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It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures.
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Turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins, whales, and other water going creatures will drown if kept underwater too long.
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Scientists have performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
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A large group of goats is called a herd.
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When a male tiger and female lion mate they make a tigon, when a male lion and female tiger mate they make a liger.
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Butterflies can only see the colors red, green and yellow.
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The owl has a small brain.
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It costs approximately $10,000 to train a federally certified search and rescue dog.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.