- There are more than one million animal species on Earth.
- There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.
- The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
- The Wild Turkey is the only bird with a beard.
- The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people.
- The venom of a small scorpion is much more toxic than the venom of a large scorpion.
- The United States has never lost a war when donkeys were used. (Is this really true? I should check further...)
- The sting from a killer bee contains less venom than the sting from a regular bee.
- The starfish is one of the few animals that can turn its stomach inside-out.
- Hummingbirds can't walk.
- No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
- Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
- Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
- Spiders have transparent blood.
- Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris.
- Some species of fish have voices.
- Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can�t find any food.
- Hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny.
- Armadillos can get leprosy.
- Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
- Eagles mate while airborne.
- Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
- Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
- Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.
- Dragonflies can travel up to 60 mph.
- Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.
- Baby beavers are called kittens.
- Dolphins nap with one eye open.
- At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.
- Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
- Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year.
- Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.
- Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.
- Crocodile babies don't have sex chromosomes; the temperature at which the egg develops determines gender.
- Contrary to popular belief, possums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.
- Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not only sweat by salivating. They also sweat through the pores on their feet.
- Chained dogs are 3 times more likely to bite than unchained dogs.
- Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.
- Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten.
- Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
- How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.
- Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!
- Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.
- Black Whales are born white.
- Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
- Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana.
- Giraffes are unable to cough.
- Giant Panda Bears give birth to a 4 ounce Baby Panda.
- Ants will enslave other ants, keeping them captive and making them do work for the colony.
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