- The placement of the eyes of a donkey enables them to see all four of their legs at all times.
- At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
- Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again depending on which is best for mating.
- Fireflies are the only creatures that give off light without generating heat.
- Hummingbirds beat their wings 60 to 80 times per second.
- Only half of a dolphin’s brain sleeps at a time. The other awake half makes the dolphin come up for air when needed to prevent drowning.
- Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds.
- It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
- A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colours of its environment.
- A rodent's teeth never stop growing.
- When young abalones feed on red seaweed their shells turn red.
- Small quantities of grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs.
- The hippopotamus is born underwater.
- Taurophobia is the fear of bulls.
- A bat can eat up to 1,000 insects per hour.
- One million stray dogs and 500,000 stray cats live in New York City metropolitan area.
- You can tell a turtle's gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt, females hiss.
- An elephant's trunk has around 15,000 muscles. 200 litres of water is drunk from it per day.
- The most popular female dog name is Maggie. The most popular male dog name is Max.
- A large group of goats is called a herd.
- Squirrels cannot see the colour red.
- The average chicken lays about 260 eggs per year.
- A dog's smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than an average human's.
- Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood.
- Ferrets sleep around 20 hours a day.
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