Wednesday, 10 September 2014

13 Random Animal Facts

Cats have lived with people for only 7,000 years.

A black panther is really a black leopard.

The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.

The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan hounds.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.

Tigers have striped skin as well as their fur.

Hippos can run faster than humans!

The Latin name for moose is alces alces.

The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain.

Iguanas, koalas and komodo dragons all have two penises!

The kangaroo’s ancestors lived in trees. Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.

A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.


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