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Saturday, November 14, 2015

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

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

A snail can sleep for three years.

All polar bears are left handed.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will turn white!

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

Butterflies taste with their feet.

A fish's memory span is only of 3 seconds.

An Octopus has 3 Hearts

In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are sleeping!

The shrimp's heart is in its head!

Jaguars are frightened by common dogs!

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

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

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

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

A jellyfish is made of 95 percent water.

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.

Humans and bonobo monkeys are the only species who have face-to-face sex.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why!
A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly!
"A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away."
Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed!
The blue whale produces the loudest sound of any animal at 188 decibels!
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump!