Random Interesting And Snapple Facts About Animals Part 6

Its been sometime since I updated this blog so I am now very much in the mood of sharing to you guys the things that really interests me when it comes to animals. You know what it is? Its their unusualness that really keeps my brain tingling very much like a working clock. What it says is that animals can never be measured bluntly; there is still much to learn about them and appreciate about them and thats why we are amazed when we hear these strange but true facts about animals.

I think i have been keeping you for so long so here it goes. . . .

Leatherback turtles' throats have spines that keep slippery prey like jellyfish from sliding out and escaping.

Amazon ants raid the nests of other ants to steal the other ants' larvae to hatch in their own nest. Then they use the hatched ants to do all their work for them. Amazon ants are so adapted to fighting that they can't take care of themselves or their nest - that's why they steal and raise other ants as slaves.

Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time.

In 7 years, one female cat and her babies can theoretically be the source of 420,000 cats.

Male anglerfish physically attach themselves to females early in life. The females continue to grow but the males don't. The males are parasites. Over time, they lose most of their inner organs and depend on the female's bodies to survive. Two males may live off one female.

Armadillos have four babies at a time, and they are always the same sex.

A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye. White cats with orange eyes do not have this disability.

Animals that lay eggs don’t have bellybuttons.

Slugs have 4 noses.

Elephants sleep for only 2 hours a day.

Fish cough.

A snail breathes through its foot.

Shrimp can only swim backward.

Male satin bower birds build "bowers," or shelters, out of sticks and leaves. The birds decorate the bowers with brightly coloured objects they find, like buttons, bottle caps, cloth, clothes pins, paper clips, string, and gum wrappers. Using charcoal softened with saliva to make black paint and chewed berries to make red, bower birds paint the inside of their bowers.

Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.

Fish can drown.

Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.

Squid can have eyes the size of volleyballs.

The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.

Elephants go through six sets of teeth in their lifetime. When their last set wears down, they cannot eat anymore and die.

African elephants take at least 3 baths a day.

Elephants trunks can be up to 7 feet long and weigh up to 300 pounds.

Anteaters walk on their knuckles.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

A shrimp's heart is in their head.

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over 1 million descendants.

Thats it guys! Hope you really enjoyed where I put my efforts into when I am not posting here. Just show me some love by coming back over again some time. Be safe!

Another Wierd And Unusually Strange Animal

Its been sometime since i posted here some wierd animals and in this light, i searched high and low for the animals that you might want to check out if you want to see some strange creatures. Now i made a post about axolotl, the aye-aye and the angora rabbit which I received some notable comments and that you guys wanted more so here I am again, with the ultimate pleasure of putting you guys in awe.

This one is quite a great find. This baby is known as the Blob Fish, a slimy little cutie. (eew! did i just sound like a sissy girl?). Anyway, as you can see, this fish does not almost have a bone, more so a skeletal system. The only thing that keeps this baby in tact is its minimal muscles. As it turns out, it if found in great depths in Tasmanian Ocean that is probably even deeper than the big deeper. Im just kidding! lol

Anyways, this unusual creature is lazy as it only floats on the ocean depths and wait for some food debris to get into its way and all it has to do is to suck it in and that pretty much is lunch for this strange animal.



Personally, i find the nose of this creature funny. Just look at it, its like a plastic surgery done half way because of financial constraints. haha! I have nothing against this big guy but hey, even celebrities are being probed for this issue.

Thats it for todays post guys! Be safe!

Animal Unusual Facts Part 5

Hey guys! Its been sometime since i posted unusual facts about animals so to move on from my list, this is the part 5 of the things you love about this blog. Go ahead guys! Enjoy yourselves! ;)

The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.

The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.

The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.

Zebras can't see the color orange.

There are more insects in ten square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.

The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afghan hound.

A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.

Spider-Goat - Scientists have managed to mix a goat with a spider to create a goat that produces spider's silk in its milk. The goats look completely normal, and they are in fact only 1/70,000th spider. By inserting just one spider gene into a goat's egg, the adult goat produces milk that can be processed to create an incredibly strong spider's silk fabric. The 'Biosteel' fabric is estimated to be five times as strong as steel, and about the same weight as cotton.

A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.

The oldest domestic cat (with reliable documentation) was a female tabby named "Ma" that lived to be 34 years old.

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

The biggest frog in the world, the Goliath frog, is also the best high-jumper. It can leap 3 metres into the air.

A giraffe can clean its ear with its 21-inch tongue.

The opening to a cave where a bear hibernates is always on the north slope.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

Elephant ears can weigh over 100 pounds and be 6 feet across. They use them to fan and cool themselves.

When an elephant family member dies, they bury them with twigs and leaves and "cry" for several hours.

Certain frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and survive. (note from Becky: PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS!)

Carmine bee-eaters (a type of bird) begin their nest holes by flying head-first into the dirt to make a dent. They line their nest holes with the remains of insects they eat and then throw up - the smell keeps the rodents away.

Elephants have been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean.

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

Cats do not have a collarbone, so they can fit through any opening the size of their head.

Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.

A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating.

Unusual Fruits : Great Melon Carvings

For today's post, i would like to introduce to you another topic that is unheard of from this blog. I stumbled upon alot of great things from the internet and this one is definitely one of them. How often can you see such a superb art using only a fruit and more specifically, a watermelon? Not everyday im afraid.

Go ahead, feed your eyes on the wonders that is "melon-carving".