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Did you know that all polar bears are left handed or that crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues?  Read on for more weird animal facts!

  • Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump
  • A hippo can open it’s mouth wide enough to fit a 4 ft child inside
  • A rhino’s horn is made of compacted hair
  • The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world
  • A snail can sleep for up to 3 years
  • A snail can have 25,000 teeth
  • Slugs have 4 noses
  • Butterflies tastes with their feet
  • Starfish do not have brains
  • A star fish can turn it’s stomach inside out
  • Tigers not only have stripped fur but stripped skin
  • A gold fish has a memory span of 3 minutes
  • Dragonflys live for 24 hours
  • An eagle can kill a deer and fly away with it
  • It is possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
  • A mole can dig a 300 ft long tunnel in one night
  • A humming bird weighs less than a penny
  • Over 1,000 birds die every year by smashing into windows
  • Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue
  • Honeybees have hair on their eyes
  • A praying mantis is the only insect that can turn it’s head
  • There are over 52.6 million dogs in America
  • A flamingo can only eat when it’s head is upside down
  • There are no penguins in the North Pole
  • An ostrich’s eye us bigger than it’s brain
  • A porcupine can float in water
  • A chameleon’s color changes due to emotion, light and temperature
  • Wasps and bees kill 4 times as many people in the US than snakes
  • Tutrles, toads and tortoises do not have teeth
  • Camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
  • A camel can go three months without water
  • A dogs mouth is cleaner than a humans
  • A hippos milk is pink
  • Sharks have excellent immune systems, they don’t get cancer 
  • A gorilla can sleep 14 hours in one day
  • A hen lays on average 19 dozen eggs a year
  • Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale
  • Dolphins sleep with one eye open
  • Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper
  • Koalas are excellent swimmers
  • A jelly fish is 95% water
  • An octopus has 3 hearts
  • Mosquitoes have 47 teeth

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