Thursday, January 29, 2009

17 Useless animal facts

Here’s a list of random facts about animals (no guarantee to accuracy):

14 hours a day is how long a gorilla can sleep.

Most close relatives to humans (chimps, gorillas, etc) can take human birth control pills and have 95% success with them (vs. 99%+ on humans).

North American pearls from oysters are worth nothing.

Squirrels live about 9 years.

A flink is a group of 12 cows.

Armadillo’s can be trained to use a litter box, just like cats.

If humans had an average blood preserve of 100, giraffes would have 250.

Some species of dinosaur were the size of chickens.

Birds never sleep in their nests.

If a snake is chasing you (unlikely, but ok), jump in water. It can’t bite you as it would drown.

Oyster’s can change gender several times during their life.

There are 20 million camels in the world.

Chickens outnumber humans by at least 2 billion.

The state of Vermont has 10 cows per person.

Elephants can’t jump. All other mammals can, even dolphins.

Most snakes can go for a year without eating anything.

Rabbits can’t walk (only hop).

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