Useless Animal Facts

Crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live. That means if you put a baby croc in an aquarium, it would be little for the rest of its life.

If an average man had a metabolism comparable to that of a hummingbird, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger every day to maintain his weight.

There are 8 major species of hummingbirds in North America, but only 1, the ruby-throated, lives in the Midwest and East.

A hummingbird’s pectoral muscles account for 1% of it’s total weight, compare to 5% in humans.

Turtles can recognize faces. They are one of the few reptiles that an be trained to do tricks.

A crocodile can not stick out its tongue.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, the most of any animal.

The flea can jump 350 times its own length. That would be like a human jumping a football field.

The largest animal of Antarctica that lives strictly on land is the wingless fly of .25 in.

A cockroach will live 9 days with out its head before it starves to death.

A gorilla’s penis is 1/3 that of a humans.

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

The giraffe has a black tongue that is 14 inches long and about no vocal cords.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Starfish ain’t got no brains.

Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump.

A cat’s urine will glow under a black light.

Humans only use 10% of our brains.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think the day is 28 hourslong.

The only food cockroaches won’t eat is cucumbers.

Both humans and chimps have equal amounts of hair per given surface area. A chimps is just heavier.

Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog.

Pigs can become alcoholics.

Humans are the only animal that cry tears.

A camel’s back bone is just as straight as a horse’s. The dolphins that live in the Amazon River are pink.

The elephant is the only animal with four knees.

Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand.

Humans and Dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

It would take a parrot ten to the power of three million years to type out Sir Arthur Conan Doyles book “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Complete and in order with no mistakes.

Toads don’t have teeth, frogs do.

It takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.

All elephants walk on tiptoe because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not down.

A ducks quack doesn’t echo and no one knows why.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.

When possums are playing possum, the are not really playing. They actually pass out from sheer terror.

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