Cheetahs are the easiest of the big cats to tame, but hard to catch. They can go from a standing position to 45 miles per hour in 2 seconds.
Wild turkeys CAN fly but don't migrate.
A Giraffe can kill a lion with one kick.
Armadillos have 4 babies at a time, all the same sex.
Cats have 6 blood types, dogs 5, people 4.
Elephants are the only animals with 4 knees,
Catgut is really Sheep intestine.
All polar bears are left-handed.
Koala means "no drink" and they don't. They get their water from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.
Grizzly means grey, but most grizzly bears are yellowish brown.
Male giraffes are the tallest animals. Some grow to 18 feet.
Like white men, Elephants can't jump.
Ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand. They lay heir heads on the ground to rest those long necks.
Giraffe comes form giraffa camelopardalis- Camel leopard.
The lollipop was named for a famous race horse.
Elephants are not afriad of mice, but they show fear at the sight of rabbits and small dogs.(dachshunds especially.)
It is possible to tell the temperature in degrees fahrenheit by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds, then adding 40 to that number.
Eagles mate in the air.
Swans live up to 70 years.
Humans have the longest life span of any mammals.
Bears can get cavities from honey.
An armadillo crosses a river by holding it's breath and walking across the bottom.
A killer whale, or orca, is really a kind of porpoise.(dolphin)
The horn of a big horn sheep can way up to 30 pounds.
Some types of rabbits can climb trees.
Cats can't chew their food, they just cut into it and swallow.
Rams and ewes only mate at night.
A honeybee has two stomaches- one for honey, one for food.
An American porcupine has orange teeth.
Newborn fawns have no scent so ememies can't detect them easily.
Garlic is a natural insect repellant.(It's a people repellant)
The Giant squid has the largest eyes of any animal.
76 people have been killed by elephants since 1976.
The heaviest pile of elephant "droppings" recorded weighed 300 hundred pounds.( Now, THAT'S a big pile of...)
Unusual Group Names
It'S A...
gaggle or skein of geese.
mob of kangaroos.
slueth of bears.
team of ducks.(a hockey team perhaps?)
drove of pigs.(I drove my drove of pigs to the market.)
skulk of foxes.
pod of whales.
parliment of owls.
warren of rabbits.
and a murder of crows.
A Few Plant Facts
The ginko tree which lines streets in Europe and the US dates back to the triassic period- When dinosaurs were around.
Bamboo has been known to grow four feet in 24 hours,and...
If Bamboo blossoms it's dying.
The oldest living thing on eath is a pine tree in Northern California named Methuseluh. It's recorded age is 4,600 years old.
