Interesting and Random Facts About Animals Two
A sequel to Interesting and Random Facts About Animals.
Animals continue to amaze us. Here are some peculiar animal traits and interesting facts.
- The Basilisk Lizard of South and Central America is nicknamed the “Jesus Christ lizard” because when escaping predators, it runs very fast that it can run on top of water.
- The act of breeding for horse is called “covering”; for goat it’s “serving” and for sheep it’s “”tupping”.
- Hawk moth is the fastest insect and can reach a speed of about 33 mph.
- Ratel or Honey Badger is one of the fiercest, most predatory animals in the world. It preys upon many animals like porcupines, scorpions, tortoises, crocodiles and snakes.
- The most favorite pet name in the US is Max, followed by Sam, Lady, Bear, and Smokey.
- Hadrosaurus or Duck-billed Lizard had the most teeth amongst dinosaurs. This plant eater had 960 cheek teeth.
- The number one breed of cat is Persian followed by Maine coon, Exotic, Siamese and Abyssinian.
- An elephant can use its trunk as a snorkel. The trunk stays above the water surface allowing the elephant to cross rivers and lakes.
- The Hummingbird, the smallest bird, grows only to 2.5 inches long and weighs 0.06 of an ounce only while Fairyflies, the smallest insects, are only 1/5 of a millimeter long.
- The most poisonous fish in the world is the Stonefish while Inland Taipan is the most poisonous reptile. One bite from this animal contains enough venom to kill 100 people.
- A young cock is called “cockerel” and a young hen is “pullet”.
- Tyrannosaurus rex teeth were often the size of banana.
- An Albatross can sleep while it flies even while cruising at 25 mph.
- There are only 35,000 to 50,000 Asian and African elephants left in the wild making the species endangered.
- Stegosaurus is considered the dumbest dinosaur because despite its relatively huge size, this 3 ton herbivore giant’s brain was the size of a walnut only.
For more amazing facts about animals see;
Animal World: Facts and Peculiar Things
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30 Responses to “Interesting and Random Facts About Animals Two”
On February 23, 2009 at 11:15 am
Fascinating and interesting! I had never heard of the honey badger before. Two of my childhood dogs were named Max.
This is well written. Nicely done!
On February 23, 2009 at 11:20 am
Good stuff!
On February 23, 2009 at 11:49 am
Extremely entertaining and interesting article, thank you!
On February 23, 2009 at 12:02 pm
this series of facts is really getting awesome with each sequel.. sad there are no pics today but I enjoyed the new information.. thanks
On February 23, 2009 at 1:15 pm
i learned a lot from this facts… thanks for sharing!
On February 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm
More facts to tuck away for a quiz night. Thank you.
Christine
On February 23, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Always interesting to learn new facts. Thanks for sharing.
On February 23, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Very interesting nobert great article
On February 23, 2009 at 4:53 pm
so for #2, for humans, is it ‘humping’?
Clay
On February 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm
never heard of them before!
On February 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Amazing facts indeed. Thanks for this well-researched and well-written post, Nobert.
On February 23, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Nobert,
I just finished your article. Very well written.Animals never cease to amaze me at some of the things they can do. I don’t think I’d want to tangle with a Honey Badger though or a crocodile. That’s why I wouldn’t want to live in Louisiana. Great article!
Randy
On February 23, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Fascinating read.
On February 23, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Good stuff
On February 23, 2009 at 7:55 pm
very direct to the point… not a sentence which bored me.
fascinating work! congratulations nobert!
On February 23, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Very interesting article. I enjoyed the read.
On February 23, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Yeah, those animals really amaze us
On February 23, 2009 at 9:49 pm
This series is very entertaining, some facts are really curious and funny.
On February 23, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Great collection of interesting tidbits!!
On February 23, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Curious facts some of them.
On February 23, 2009 at 10:32 pm
nice one..
On February 23, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Outstanding, Nobert, I love anything about animals.
On February 23, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Very interesting indeed!
On February 24, 2009 at 12:04 am
nice part 2!
On February 24, 2009 at 2:04 am
Fun, good stuff – nice Nobert! *:)
Blessings!
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
On February 24, 2009 at 9:03 am
another nice article.Keep it coming bro.
On February 24, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Interesting and fun to read article!
On February 24, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Great facts!
On February 27, 2009 at 2:18 am
Another gratifying read, as usual.
On April 5, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Nice article, cool facts!
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