Weird Animal, reptile and insect Facts

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