Thursday, August 6, 2009

Interesting facts about animals

1. Rats breed so rapidly to facilitate in just 18 months, 2 rats could have created over 1 million relatives.

2. The blue whale can create the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometers away.

3. Horses and cows sleep while footing up.

4. Giant Arctic jellyfish have tentacles that can arrive at over 36 meters in length.

5. Mosquitoes can be irritating insects but did you be familiar with that it's only the female mosquito that really bites humans.

6. As an alternative of bones, sharks have a skeleton made from cartilage.

7. Insects such as bees, mosquitoes and cicadas make noise by swiftly moving their wings.

8. Sharks egg is the biggest in the world.

9. Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see throughout its eyelids.

10. The housefly lives for 2 or 3 weeks only.

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