Strange Animal Facts

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I am bored so here are some totally random strange animal facts. 

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off – it dies from starvation

A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth

A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny

Bulls are color blind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is — be it red or neon yellow

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand

Cat urine glows under a black-light

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed… or is that paws?

Porcupines float in water

The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur

A dragonfly has a lifespan of twenty-four hours.

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair. Crickets hear through their knees.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

Hummingbirds can't walk.

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

Iguanas, koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penisesMore people are killed each year from bees than from snakes. Only female mosquitoes bite.

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear

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