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Random Trivia About Animals
1. If an ant was the same size as us, it would be twice as fast as a Lamborghini.
2. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
3. Slugs have four noses.
4. Tigers cannot purr. To show happiness, tigers squint or close their eyes.
5. Starfish is the wrong way to call a starfish, it should be 'Seastar'.
6. Jellyfish is not a fish, it is an echinoderms. The correct term is 'Seajelly'.
7. Secretariat was the first race horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown on June 9, 1973. They also made a movie about his life.
8. You can hear a Lion’s roar up to 5 miles away.
9. Small animals, like ants, cannot die by falling from any height.
10. Sarah, the fastest animal on land, is a speedy cheetah from Cincinnati Zoo who sprinted 100m in 6.13seconds. Over 3 seconds faster than Usian Bolt (9.58s).
2. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
3. Slugs have four noses.
4. Tigers cannot purr. To show happiness, tigers squint or close their eyes.
5. Starfish is the wrong way to call a starfish, it should be 'Seastar'.
6. Jellyfish is not a fish, it is an echinoderms. The correct term is 'Seajelly'.
7. Secretariat was the first race horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown on June 9, 1973. They also made a movie about his life.
8. You can hear a Lion’s roar up to 5 miles away.
9. Small animals, like ants, cannot die by falling from any height.
10. Sarah, the fastest animal on land, is a speedy cheetah from Cincinnati Zoo who sprinted 100m in 6.13seconds. Over 3 seconds faster than Usian Bolt (9.58s).
11. There is a snake called Boomslang and its venom disables the blood clotting process and the victim may well die as a result of internal and external bleeding.
12. Elephants can die of a broken heart if a mate dies. They refuse to eat and will lay down, shedding tears until they starve to death.
13. When cats blink slowly at you, it is a sign of affection referred to as a "cat kiss."
14. To attract a female hippopotamus, the male poops and pees while spinning his tail to spray it around.
15. Lobsters resort to cannibalism while in captivity. This is why they have their claws secured with rubber bands in tanks at restaurants.
16. There are more than 260 known species of monkeys in the world.
17. Sea Otters keep rocks under their armpits. They carry their 'favorite rock' to smash open shellfish and clams, at a rate of up to 45 blows in 15 seconds.
18. Sea Otters do 'hold hands' when they sleep, so as to not drift apart in ocean currents.
19. Mother Sea Otters whose pups have died have been observed carrying the corpse for day, in apparent mourning.
12. Elephants can die of a broken heart if a mate dies. They refuse to eat and will lay down, shedding tears until they starve to death.
13. When cats blink slowly at you, it is a sign of affection referred to as a "cat kiss."
14. To attract a female hippopotamus, the male poops and pees while spinning his tail to spray it around.
15. Lobsters resort to cannibalism while in captivity. This is why they have their claws secured with rubber bands in tanks at restaurants.
16. There are more than 260 known species of monkeys in the world.
17. Sea Otters keep rocks under their armpits. They carry their 'favorite rock' to smash open shellfish and clams, at a rate of up to 45 blows in 15 seconds.
18. Sea Otters do 'hold hands' when they sleep, so as to not drift apart in ocean currents.
19. Mother Sea Otters whose pups have died have been observed carrying the corpse for day, in apparent mourning.
20. Laika, originally named Kudryavka (Little Curly), is a russian street dog and the first living animal to be sent into space on November 3, 1957 at 2:30AM.
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