Animals world can be more fascinating that we can ever imagine. We have put together a list of 101 most amazing Animals facts that will surely amaze you.
- Cats have over 100 vocal cords.
- Camel’s milk doesn’t curdle.
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A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
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A group of whales is called a pod.
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A group of geese is called a gaggle.
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A group of owls is called a parliament.
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A cats urine glows under a blacklight.
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White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf.
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Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.
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Small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds.
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Domestic cats dislike citrus scents.
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Cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length.
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Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
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You’re more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
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A crocodile can’t stick out its tongue.
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Ostriches don’t bury their heads in the sand.
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Only female mosquitoes bite.
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Hummingbirds can’t walk.
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India is home to over 200 million cows.
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Owls can’t move their eyes from side to side.
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Scorpions glow under ultraviolet light.
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Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
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It’s possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down.
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Frogs can’t swallow with their eyes open.
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Elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump.
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Frogs don’t usually swallow water (they absorb most of the moisture they need through their skin).
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At birth, Dalmatian dogs are always white.
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Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backward.
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A duck can’t walk without bobbing its head.
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A hummingbird’s heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute.
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Dragonflies have 6 legs but can’t walk.
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Elephants sleep between 4 – 5 hours in 24 periods.
http://facts net - A bear has 42 teeth.
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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
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Rabbits like licorice.
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Goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.
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Cats spend 66% of their life asleep.
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Macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs.
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Spiders are arachnids and not insects.
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Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day.
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A lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
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Armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex.
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Reindeer like bananas.
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
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Birds need gravity to swallow
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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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All insects have 6 legs.
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African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words.
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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
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A crocodile can’t move its tongue.
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Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.
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Elephant’s ears are used to regulate body temperature.
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1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year.
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It takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots.
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A flea can jump 350 times its body length.
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A honeybee’s top speed is 24kph (15mph).
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A hummingbird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute).
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Flys always launch backward for a quick getaway.
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Crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure.
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Reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube.
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Cows don’t have upper front teeth.
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An octopus pupil is rectangular.
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Cats can’t move their jaw sideways.
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Its physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.
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A group of frogs is called an army.
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A group of rhinos is called a crash.
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African elephants only have 4 teeth.
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Horses have 18 more bones than humans.
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A cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph).
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Horses sleep standing up.
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A jellyfish is 95% water.
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Bats are the only mammals that fly.
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A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
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A snail can sleep for 3 years.
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Tigers have striped skin as well as fur.
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Crocodiles are color blind.
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A chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body.
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Dogs sweat through the pads on their feet.
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Hippopotamuses are born under water.
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Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any animal.
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India has over 50 million monkeys.
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Ostriches have a 14 meter (46 foot) long small intestine.
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Your foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs.
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A squid has 10 tentacles.
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You’re more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than any other.
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More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
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Whales can’t swim backward.
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The cheetah is the only cat that can’t retract its claws.
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Roosters can’t crow if they can’t fully extend their necks.
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Dolphins can hear underwater sounds from 24km (15miles) away.
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Flamingos can only eat when their heads are upside down.
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The fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human.
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A female ferret is called a jill.
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Porcupines float in water.
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There are 2 chickens for every person.
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There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
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Coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks).
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Emus can’t walk backward.
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‘Babe‘ was played by over 50 pigs.
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Sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away
