Animals are everywhere on the earth like cities, town, villages and forest also. Here are some wonderful amazing information about Animals:-
1. The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes vulpes.
2. The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68.
3. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet.
4. The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
5. The only mammals to undergo menopause are elephants, humpback whales, and human females.
6. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'.
7. The ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed.
8. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex ripping the males head off.
9. The owl has a small brain.
10. The penguin is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly.
11. The phrase “raining cats and dogs” originated in seventeenth-century England. During heavy rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.
12. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.
13. The placement of the eyes of a donkey enables them to see all four of their legs at all times.
14. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
15. The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer.
16. The Slave-Maker Ant (Polyergus Rufescens) raids the nests of other ants and steals their pupae. When these new ants hatch,they work as slaves within the colony.
17. The slowest fish is the Sea Horse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph (0.016 km/h).
18. The smallest known dinosaur is Compsognathus.
19. The smell of a skunk can be detected by a human a mile away.
20. The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
21. The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out.
22. The starfish is the only animal capable of turning its stomach inside-out
23. The sting from a killer bee contains less venom than the sting from a regular bee.
24. The swan has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
25. The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
26. The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America.
27. The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States.
28. The Tyrannosaurus Rex went extinct 65 million years ago.
29. The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur.
30. The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world. France has the second highest.
31. The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people.
32. The very first bomb that the Allies dropped on Berlin in WW2 hit an elephant.
33. The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.
34. The swan has over 25,000 feathers on its body.
35. The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
36. There are roughly twenty four thousand species of butterflies.
37. The venom of a small scorpion is much more toxic than the venom of a large scorpion.
38. There are 3,000 kinds of lice in the world.
39. There are almost 60 million dogs in the United States.
40. The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
41. There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world.
42. The world's oldest crow is 118 years (estimated age).
43. There are approximately 450 million goats around the world.
44. The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
45. There are currently over a million animal species upon planet earth.
46. There are more chickens than people in the world.
47. There is only one pink bottlenose dolphin which has been discovered, in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA.
48. There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.
49. There's a spider in Brazil whose bites can cause an erection that lasts for hours.
50. There are more than one million animal species on Earth.
51. Tiger Day is the last Sunday in September.
52. There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland.
53. There are no ants in Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica.
54. There are no penguins in the North Pole.
55. There are over 210 breeds of goats in the world.
56. The Wild Turkey is the only bird with a beard.
57. There are over 2700 types of snakes in the world and they live in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, lakes.
58. There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S.
59. There are over 70,000 types of spiders spinning their webs in the world.
60. There are some species of snails that are extremely venomous.
61. There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in its body to kill six cats.
62. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
63. There is a shark called 'goblin shark' which has only been seen around 50 times since its discovery in 1897.
64. There is a species of clam that can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds.
65. There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
66. There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.
67. There is no record of a human being attacked by a healthy wolf.
68. Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
69. Tigers have striped skin as well as their fur.
70. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
71. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaw, push your thumb into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.
72. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.
73. Tuna fish can swim 40 miles in a single day.
74. Turkeys can reproduce without having sex.
75. Turkeys have a poor sense of smell, but excellent sense of taste.
76. Turkey's often look up at the sky during a rainstorm. Unfortunately some have been known to drown as a result.
77. There is no visual difference between male and female herons.
78. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
79. Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
80. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.
81. Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
82. Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.
83. In 2006, 253 fish-species were listed as critically endangered.
84. Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
85. Turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins, whales, and other water going creatures will drown if kept underwater too long.
86. Vultures fly without flapping their wings.
87. If you cut off a snail's eye, it will grow a new one.
88. What you find when you shave the striped fur off of a tiger? Striped skin.
89. It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures.
90. We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
91. We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
92. Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.
93. We share 98.4% of our DNA with a chimp.
94. Whale Milk is 50% Fat.
95. When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
96. When a male Tiger and female Lion mate they make a Tigon, when a male Lion and Female Tiger mate they make a Liger.
97. When it comes time to give birth, the female shark loses her appetite so she won't be tempted to eat her own pups.
98. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.
99. When you correct for weight differences, men are proportionately stronger than horses.
100. When young abalones feed on red seaweed their shells turn red.
101. World's heaviest primates: morbidly obese humans. After that: gorillas at 485 lbs.
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