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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
