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- You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather. -KH
- Mosquitos are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. -KH
- Penguins can jump six feet high. -KH
- 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets. -KH
- Dogs can smell 20 times better than us. -KH
- Even if you cut the head off a cockroach, it can live for several weeks. -KH
- The world population of chickens is about equal to that of people. -KH
- A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana. -KH
- Millie the White House earned more than 4 times as much as Pres. Bush in 1991. -KH
- There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones. -KH
- When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. -KH
- All polar bears are left-handed, or -pawed, depending on how you look at it. -TZ
- To maintain their body strength, elephants must eat 18 hours a day. -CS
- In Argentina, there are roughly 250 sheep per person. -???
- A person will swallow an average if 8 spiders a year while sleeping. -KM
- Snakes shed their skin up to eight times a year. -TR
- The octopus is smarter than some breeds of dogs. -MK
- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. -AN
- Smartest dogs: 1)Scottish border collie 2)Poodle 3)Golden retriver.
Dumbest: Afghan hound. -AN
- It costs an average of $6400 to raise a medium-sized dog to age eleven. -AN
- A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. -AN
- When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually
pass out from sheer terror. -AN
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. -AN
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. -AN
- Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. -AN
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. -JH
- There are more chickens in the world than people. -JH
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. -JH
- The average ant can live up to 14 days underwater. -CS
- One hummingbird has to suck the nectar from 1600 flowers just to stay
alive for one day. -CS
- A mantis spends one-third of its life perfectly still. -TR
- There is a clam that is over four feet acrss and can weigh a quarter
ton. -TM
- Ants and termites make up more than one third of the rain forest's entire
weight. -TR
- Spiders move their legs with a hydraulic system. -TR
- Ben Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey. -CS
- In Outer Mongolia, there are 10 times more animals than people. -GS
- A smoking dog needs no chimney. -KH & JH
- A chicken has lips. -PS
- Cats can't taste sweet food. -AN
- Bees have to visit two million flowers to make one pound of honey. -KW
- The average bee yields only one-twelfth teaspoon of honey in their
life. -KW
- Bees flap their wings 11,400 times a minute. -KW
- A hippopotamus can run faster than a human can. -AP
- When the groundhog goes into hubernation, his heart rate drops to one
beat per minute. -CS
- The scorpion can control its rate of metabolism. -TR
- An ant can lift over 100 times its own weight. -CS
- The smallest dog in the world can fit in a teacup. -EW
- Most elephants die of starvation because they lose teeth as they get
older. -TR
- Sea manatees were commonly mistaken for mermaids. -TR
- An iguana has a third eye, but it can only see light and motion. -TR
- Fish have holes in their side that lets them feel vibrations in the
water. -CS
- In the 1300's, animals were put on trial for things like killing sheep. -TR
- Humans and chimpanzees have over 99% of the same DNA. -DS
- Dogs sweat through their paws. -AN
- A newly-born panda is about the size of a mouse. -AN
- Polar bears can outrun deers. -AN
- Goldfish remember better in cold water than they do in warm water. -AN
- A camel can drink 20 gallons of water in 10 minutes. -AN
- Snails can sleep for three years straight. -AN
- If goldfish are left in the dark for a long enough time, they will turn
white. -AN
- A female mosquito can produce 150,000,000 young in one year. -AN
- Female mosquitos suck your blood, not males. -KS
- A cat has 32 muslces in each ear. -CS
- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. -CS
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. -CS
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but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed. * * *
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Last modified: 18 Aug 1998