Interesting trivia and facts about animals

  Some interesting trivia about animals, scientists and great leaders:           1. In Iceland, the government laws do not allow the persons to keep the dogs as pet animals.      2. Octopus has three hearts.  3. Crocodiles can’t move their tongues and also can’t chew any thing. But their digestion capacity is very effective and they can even digest the steel-nails.  4. Whales: Their weight is approximately 160 tons and is equal to weight of 3o elephants. The baby water whale can swim 22 miles per hour and drinks 130 gallons milk in a day. They can store 1000 gallons of water in their bodies, each.  5. Enamel is 10 times stronger than the tooth.  6. The smallest complete meaningful word in English language is “Go”.  7. Golden city in India: Jaisalmer city (Rajasthan). Its circumference is 35 kilometers. All the buildings in that city are constructed by the locally available yellow stone, and the entire city shines like gold in the sunlight, hence he name.  8. The milk of the camel never gets spoiled, that means the milk never breaks into solid and liquid parts.  9. Gold fish can remember anything, just for three minutes only.  10. Only the male frogs can produce the sounds like “beka beka”.  11. To produce one liter of honey, the honey bees have to secure it from one million flowers, such a tedious task.  12. The teeth of the rat grow throughout its life (as long as it lives).  13. The just born kangaroo is only 1 inch in length.  14. Among all the animals, only chimpanzee has the intelligence to recognize its … [Read more...]

10 interesting animal facts

  10 Interesting trivia:  1. Owl is the only bird which could see the colour blue.  2. Parrots and rabbits could see their back as they also have eyes at their back.  3. Humming birds can also fly backwards.  4. Butter flies taste with their feet.  5. A male moth can identify a female moth easily even it is a mile away from it.  6. Snails have nearly 25,000 teeth.  7. Baby elephants can drink over a 80 litres of milk a day.  8. Lizards are the only livingbeing which does'nt drink water throughout it's life.  9. Dogs are very friendly with humans than with dogs themselves.  10. In africa termites are fried and eaten just like popcorn.  Facts are compiled by: S.Aishwarya, 9-B, Mahathma Gandhi Centenary Vidyalaya  Tennur,Trichy-17, Kerala   1. The disease, that occurred to the humans, due to the excretory waste of the birds is:  Answer: Psittacosis disease   2. The animal that can see it’s image in the mirror is:  Answer: Chimpanzee  3. “ZOONOTIC DAY” is celebrated every year on:  Answer: July 6th.  4. The bird that can fly equally either to front side or towards back is:  Humming Bird  5. The bacteria that causes “Anthrax “disease, lives in the form of spores(able to cause infection):  Answer: for 30—40 years.  6. The vitamin which helps the animals for early recovery from the wounds is:  Answer: Vitamin “A”.   7. “Emu” birds lives for:  Answer: 60 years. 8. … [Read more...]