Funny Facts About Animals

Most cats in Halifax (Nova Scotia) have six toes.

There is no sideways movement for a cat's jaws.

You thought that only you need sunscreen? Well pigs, walruses and light-colored horses are prone to get sunburned.

Armadillos have four babies of the same sex, at a time. They are perfect identical quadruplets.

Armadillos sleep for an average of 18.5 hours, a day.

Can you walk underwater? Well, here is one animal that can – the Armadillos.

Which animals can get leprosy? None expect for Armadillos.

Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian or some other Slavic tongue.

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African Wildebeest (Connochaetes Taurinus)

Description and Characteristics:

The wildebeest is also known as the gnu, it comes below the antelope family as a hooved mammal. They have a look of features much like a cross between a cow and a horse.

The Wildebeest is resident to Africa and there are 2 species: the Black Wildebeest, or white-tailed gnu and the Blue Wildebeest, or brindled gnu. Gnus belong to the family Bovidae, which include antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed horned ungulates.

Female wildebeest (cows) are smaller than the male and have both have horns.

Feeding/drinking behavior:

The major food basis of wildebeests is grasses. The seasonal life of the African grasslands forces wildebeest to drift. They like to drink daily when water is obtainable, but can go for a few days without water.

Habitation:

Its habitat consists of grassy plains and open woodlands in southern, central, and eastern Africa. They are especially productive in the Serengeti National Park.

Size & Lifespan

Wildebeest grow to 1.15–1.4 meters at the shoulder and weigh between 150–250 kilograms. Wildebeest can live more than 20 years.

Reproduction:

The gestation period in a female is eight and a half months, producing one offspring. The calf is able to stand within minutes of the birth. In a few days it is able to keep up with the herd.

Predators and Threats:

The number of wildebeest has increased steadily over recent years but human habitation leads to less grassland which threatens their long term numbers. The Wildebeests main predators lions and hyenas.

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Amazing Facts Of Animals

• A horse weighing approximately 1,200-pounds, eats approximately seven times it's own weight, in a year. That amounts to almost 8,400-pounds of food. Wow! What an appetite!

• Apart from human’s even chimpanzees can learn to recognize their own image in a mirror.

• A cow can give far more milk than a human can consume their lifetime. Any guesses? Almost 200,000 glasses full of milk!

• While there are so many cows grazing in the world, no two cows will ever be found with identical pattern of spots.

• A probable identity crisis we have here! Though named polecat, this creature is not a cat but a nocturnal weasel-species in Europe.

• Is a zebra black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Any guesses? Well, it’s white with black stripes.

• Talk about noise pollution in the jungles! A lion’s roar is so loud that it can heard upto a distance of five miles.

• Cheetahs maybe large and fast, but when they roar they chirp. This sounds more like a bird or a yelping dog. Beware, it is loud enough to be heard upto a mile away.

• The tusks of elephants grow through their life. The tusks weigh over 200 pounds.

• Only the male Asian elephants have tusks.

• The male and female African elephants have tusks.

• The largest ever lobster to be found weighed 19 kg. It was found in 1934.

• The largest recorded jellyfish measured 2,3 m across its bell. Its tentacles measured 36 m (120 feet) in length.

• The largest giant squid ever found weighed 4 tons. It was traced in the in the North Atlantic in the year 1878.

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Island gray Fox

With less than a thousand individuals left, the island gray fox (pictured) may not be capable to outfox extinction, according to the new Wildlife Conservation Society report "Rarest of the Rare."

The island gray—the negligible fox in the United States—is found only on California's Channel Islands. The minute mammal has succumbed to predation from golden eagles as well as diseases from domestic dogs introduced to the islands, experts say. (Related: "Wild Pig Hunt Aims to Save California Island Foxes.")





"Extinction is disastrous, particularly if it is avoidable," according to the report, which was free earlier this month. The paper things to see a dozen species scheduled as critically endangered, and so most at risk of extinction, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The rare species—a mix of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds—will also be featured in the 2010-2011 edition of the WCS book State of the Wild: A Global Portrait.