Fauna
Surprising Fauna Facts!!!
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The more we know about animals, the more we understand that they’re really amazing. Although animals are a lot like us, they also do have quite a few amazing attributes and skills from whom we should learn.
Let’s know more about these surprising facts about animals.
- The heart of a shrimp is positioned in its head.
- A snail can sleep for three years.
- Slugs have four noses.
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- Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump.
- A rhinoceros’ horn is made of hair.
- It is possible to hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and gently stroking its stomach.
- It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food.
- Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
- A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.
- Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.
- Giraffes have no vocal cords.
- Kangaroos can’t fart.
- An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
- Around 50% of orangutans have fractured bones, due to falling out of trees on a regular basis.
- Frogs cannot vomit. If one absolutely has to, then it will vomit its entire stomach.
- Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart.
- Squirrels plant thousands of new trees each year by merely forgetting where they put their acorns.
18. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
- Gentoo penguins propose to their lifemates with a pebble.
- Rats laugh when tickled.
- Pigs’ orgasms last for 30 minutes.
- Oysters can change gender depending on which is best for mating.
- Dogs’ nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.
- Turritopsis Nutricula Immortal jellyfish is the only species known to live forever.
- Butterflies taste with their feet.