Animal Trivia

Okay, you read in my previous post (I've been tagged) that I'm zoophobic but my entire family are animal lovers. I even have a brother who is a vegan simply because he has high regards to animal welfare. So, for them and all the animal lovers out there, here are some facts about the love of your life.

*A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

*A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

*The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

* A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

* Some baby giraffes are more than six feet tall at birth.

* Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

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

* The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.

* There are more chickens than people in the world.

* The largest animal ever seen alive was a 113.5 foot, 170-ton female blue whale.

* A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.

* A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

* A single little brown bat can catch 1,200 mosquitoes-sized insects in just one hour.

* An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

* Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

* Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living.

* Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.

* Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water,

such as a stream.

* In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.

* Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.

* Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

Note: Some of the trivia's here, I got from corsinet.com . The others were sent to me through email. There is no way I can tell who the original writer of this. If any of you knows who they are (or you might be the one); just email me or leave a comment here. I would be very glad to give the credit to whom the creadit is due.