Was surfing for interesting facts and found quite a lot really interesting facts. So I decided to divide it into series. Today will be about animals and insects.. haha..
1. 1 in every 4 millions lobsters is blue.
2. Wild boars can only run straight. So, run in zig-zags if you meet one in the jungle.
3. Tortoises can breathe through their butts. (according to kat)
4. Ostriches can run faster than horses and the male can roar like lions.
5. Guinea pigs and rabbits cannot sweat.
6. Sharks and rays are the only animals known to Man that don't get cancer. *aren't you guys just proud of me? im a healthy animal*
7. On the average, dogs have better eyesight than man, just that less colourful.
8. Human birth control pills also work on gorillas.. haha..
9. There are actually GOLDEN TOADS.
10. The Giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair.
11. Small cockroaches are more likely to die on their backs than large cockroaches.
12. You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.
13. Usually, centipedes have 15 to 191 pairs of feet. Normally they have odd number of leg pairs.
14. Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
15. Spiders have transparent blood.
16. Some spiders have as many as eight eyes.
17. An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater.
18. Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.
19. Bees have been known to cure rheumatism.
20. A mosquito has 47 teeth.
21. March 14 is "Save a spider day."
22. Worms can have up to ten hearts.
23. Moths have no stomach.
24. A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating.
25. Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
26. Crickets hear through their knees.
