Facts in "Animals" Category
#1623 - Animals Fact     2  Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve. |
| #1624 - Animals Fact 1 A quarter of the horses in the U.S. died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872. |
| #1625 - Animals Fact 2 All elephants walk on tip-toe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone. |
| #1626 - Animals Fact 3 A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat. |
| #1627 - Animals Fact 2 Elephants often communicate at sound levels as low as 5Hz. This means that if you flap your hands back and forth faster than five times a second, an elephant can actually hear the tone produced. |
| #1628 - Animals Fact 6 Mongooses were brought to Hawaii to kill rats. This plan failed because rats are nocturnal while the mongoose hunts during the day. |
| #1629 - Animals Fact 4 Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surroundings by osmosis. |
| #1630 - Animals Fact 2 Parthenogenesis is the term used to describe the process by which certain animals are able to reproduce themselves in successive female generations without intervention of a male of the species. At least one species of lizard is known to do so. |
| #1631 - Animals Fact 1 The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica. |
| #1632 - Animals Fact -1 A trout swims at about 4 miles per hour which is faster than you or me. |
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