UseLess Facts

Animal Facts

A hippo gives birth under water
A mosquito has 47 teeth
Sharks eyes roll over when they kill prey to protect their eyes
Cat fish have 100,000 taste buds, humans have 8,000
At birth a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs less than 5 ounces
A grey hound can reach speeds of 41.2 mph
A great white sharks' average cruising speed is 1.3 mph
Egyptians trained baboons to wait on tables
A grizzley bear can run as fast as the average horse
Bats are the only mammals that can fly
The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting in a pack
A type of lizard called the "Jesus Christ Lizard" can run on water
Chinpanzees have been trained to have vocabularies of 200 words
Cattle breeding started 4,00 years ago
Girrafes have 3 times the blood preassure of humans and the highest on earth
The vampire bat actually cuts its' victim and laps up the blood
While hibernating a woodchuck breathes 10 times an hour, but an active woodchuck brathes 2,100 times an hour
During the reign of Kublai Khan the Chineese used lions on hunting expeditions
A seeing dog for a blind person can't tell the difference between a green or red light but watches the flow of traffic
A cheetah can run 63mph and can go from 0 to 45mph in 2 seconds
In Russia dogs have been trained to sniff out ore deposits
The opposum dates back to 45 million years ago
No new animals have been added to our live stock for 4,000 years
A Great White Shark can swim up to 15mph
A mosquito full of blood can fly with twice its weight
A mako shark can swim 25mph for long periods of time
Ants can lift objects 47 times their weight
Maggots used to be used to treat serious bone infections
Starfish can be cut up and all of the pieces will become new starfish
When Black Sea Bass are 5 years old they might change genders
Flying Fish can live on land
Leapords will not attack once they have been spotted
Lake Baikal is the only lake that has deep sea fish