Here ar d 25 Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know About Animals and here you have them, , , , , 25, Housefly Houseflies don’t allow their short lifespan (14 days) to hinder their musical abilities. They always humin the key of F. 24, Ostrich Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like lions. 23, Bat Bats are the only mammals that can fly, but wouldn’t it be awesome if humans could fly too? 22, Kangaroo Kangaroos use their tails for balance, so if you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop. 21, Spider On average, there are 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas. Bet you’ll think twice before goingoutside now – unless you’re this guy. 20, Tiger Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, they also have them on their skin. No two tigers ever havethe same stripes. 19, Crocodile To escape the grip of a crocodile’sjaw, push your thumb into its eyeball – It will let you go instantly. 18, Flea Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height. This is equivalent to aman jumping the Empire State Building in New York. 17, Cat A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. All the better for them to eavesdrop on your conversations and plot your demise. 16, Elephant Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away. They are also one of the three mammals that undergo menopause – the other two beinghumpback whales and human females. 15, Koala Koala bears almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else. 14, Beaver Because beavers’ teeth never stopgrowing, they must constantly gnaw on objects to keep them at a manageable length. Their teeth would eventually grow into their brain if they didn’t maintain them. 13, Ant, Beware an ant uprising! There areone million ants for every human in the world. These resilient creatures also never sleep and do not have lungs. 12, Oyster Oysters can change gender depending on which is best for mating. Talk about successful adaptation. 11, Butterfly Butterflies have two compound eyes consisting of thousands of lenses, yet they can only see the colors red, green and yellow. 10, Snail Don’t try this at home, but a snail can grow back a new eye if it loses one. 9, Turtle You can tell a turtle’s gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt and females hiss. 8, Giraffe Giraffes have no vocal cords and their tongues are blue-black in color. 7, Squirrel You might want to thank a squirrel the next time you enjoy the shade of a tree. Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them. 6, Humpback Whale Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature. And you thought the loudest sound came from that two-year-old you sat next to on your trans-continental flight, didn’t you? 5, Dog Dogs’ nose prints are as unique ashuman fingerprints and can be used to identify them. 4, Seahorse The slowest fish is the seahorse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph. 3, Pig Pigs communicate constantly withone another; more than 20 vocalizations have been identified that pigs use in different situations, from wooing mates to saying, “I’m hungry!” 2, Poodle Contrary to popular belief, French poodles actually originated in Germany. Maybe you should’ve named her Gretl instead of Fifi. 1, Hummingbird Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards and their wings can beat at up to 80 times per second. Like and share because your friends too need to know all this things.
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