Interesting Facts about Animals and Birds

 Interesting Facts about Animals and Birds

1.      The smallest known chameleon, Brookesia micra, from the islet of Nosy Hara in Antsiranana, Madagascar, can grow up to 1.1 inches in length. 

Chameloon

      Horses and cows sleep while standing up.

Horse

A cow can give far more milk than a human can consume their lifetime. Any guesses? Almost 200,000 glasses full of milk!

Cow

       Scientists have attached stilts to ants' legs to prove that ants reach their goal by counting their steps. 

An Ant

       Ants with stilts marched past their goal due to the new length of their stride.

 Howler monkeys spend up to 80% of their time resting

Howler Monkey

6.      The fastest underwater swimming bird is the Gentoo Penguin, able to swim up to 22 mph (36 km/h)

Genta Penguin

7.      A giraffe's tongue grows to about 21 inches in length.

Giraffe

 Crickets taste like roast nuts, scorpions taste like shrimp, and some termites have a mint taste.

Cricket

When a hippopotamus stays out of water for too long, it secretes red-colored sweat, to protect itself from the sun.

Hippopotamus

Bears live as long as 30 years in the wild. One captive brown bear lived to the age of 47.

Bears

The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly.

Kiwi

Parrots are some of the best known birds in the world. There are about 315 species of parrots found worldwide both in rainforests and other environments.

Parrot

Sharks are capable of going at least 6 weeks without eating; the record observed in an aquarium is 15 months by a species of shark known as the swell sharks.

Shark

It takes about 12 bees their entire lifetime to make one teaspoon of honey.

Bees

Many animals swallow rocks, including chickens, penguins, crocodiles, and seals. Rocks that have been swallowed are called gastroliths, meaning "stomach stones".

Donkeys can live between 30 to 50 years in captivity.

Donkey

The largest fish in the world is the whale shark. It can weigh several tons and grow to more than fifty feet in length.

 In the U.S., about 1.2 million dogs and 1.4 million cats are euthanized (put to death) each year.

Cat and Dog

The world camel population is close to 19 million.

Camel