Animal Facts
Amazing Facts
There are only three animals with blue tongues: the black bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard.
Camels have three eye lids.
Flying squirrels don’t really fly, they glide from branch to branch. A blanket-like furry skin stretches their front and hind legs, and acts as a parachute, enabling the squirrel to soar like a kite.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
No two zebras have the same striped pattern.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
A beaver can hold its breath for 45 minutes.
Toucans are found only in tropical areas of Central and South America. Some Toucan species have bills more than half as long as their bodies.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
The longest recorded life span of a tapeworm was 35 years!
Roadrunners are large (about two feet long) crested birds that prefer to run rather than fly. They eat rattlesnakes whole, and they can sprint 15 miles per hour.
A purple finch is really crimson in color.
You're 20 times struck by lightning than to be bit by a rattlesnake.
A male Angler fish attaches itself to a female and never lets go. Their vascular systems unite and the male becomes entirely dependent on the female's blood for nutrition.
Bengal tigers are the most water loving of the big cats. They will even chase prey into the water