- Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 liter bottles.
- Cows can have regional accents
- A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
- In a fight between a polar bear and a lion, the polar bear would win.
- US Secret Service sniffer dogs are put up in five-star hotels during overseas presidential visits.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- Bulls are color blind.
- A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.
- Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
- The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- A group of owls is called a parliament.
- A group of ravens is called a murder.
- A group of bears is called a sleuth.
- A baby oyster is called a spat.
- Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.
- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
- A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
- More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
- Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.
- By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.
- Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.
- Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
- When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.
- The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
- The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.
- The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
- Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
- The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
- Zebras can't see the color orange.
- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
- The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.
- A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
From: http://www.berro.com/entertainment/animals_interesting_facts.htm
- Cows can have regional accents
- A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
- In a fight between a polar bear and a lion, the polar bear would win.
- US Secret Service sniffer dogs are put up in five-star hotels during overseas presidential visits.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- Bulls are color blind.
- A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.
- Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
- The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
- Emus can't walk backwards.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- A group of owls is called a parliament.
- A group of ravens is called a murder.
- A group of bears is called a sleuth.
- A baby oyster is called a spat.
- Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.
- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
- A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
- More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
- Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.
- By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.
- Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.
- Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
- When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.
- The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
- The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.
- The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
- Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
- The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
- Zebras can't see the color orange.
- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
- The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.
- A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
From: http://www.berro.com/entertainment/animals_interesting_facts.htm
