Intersting facts about Animals

Animals:

Dalmatians are born without spots.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their   lower eyelids.

Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

 The shrimp's heart is in its head.

A queen bee lays 1500 eggs a day

The longest flight of a chicken is about 13 seconds

Cats can hear ultrasound

Ants never sleep

If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white

Dalmatians are born without spots.

Frogs use their eyes to help them eat their food: frogs can pull their eyes inward toward the mouth to help push the food down their throat

Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100.

The oldest dog died at the age of 29

Cats are the most popular pets in the United States

Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky

The goldfish has a memory of 3-months instead of 3 seconds.  Also provided: Goldfish "can be trained to memorize mazes for up to one month, and can be trained to press levers for food, even at a specific time of day. The sale of fishbowls (due to their inability to provide sufficient oxygen and the possibility that they may stunt growth) have been banned in some countries"

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed (paw).

Polar bears with transparent, fluffy fur actually have black skin.

Some kinds of sharks lay the biggest eggs in the world; most other kinds of sharks give live birth.

The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometres away

A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

An egg laden goldfish is called a twit

Honeybees never sleep

All swans in England are the property of the queen or king

Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin

Snakes with two heads fight each other for food

Cats are the most popular pets in the United States

Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans

Earthworms have five hearts.

Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. (This was challenged and proved wrong by the TV show "Mythbusters")

Cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of 11: $6,400.

Whales die if their echo system fails.

The pet ferret was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat.

Honeybees have hair on their eyes

The snake can see through its transparent eye lids when they are closed

Napoleon was terrified of cats.

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.

"Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.