Facts in "Animals" Category
#1723 - Animals Fact     -3  The whistling swan has more than 25,000 feathers on its body. |
| #1724 - Animals Fact 3 The white elephant is the sacred animal of Thailand. |
| #1725 - Animals Fact 0 The kakapo is a nocturnal burrowing parrot of New Zealand that has a green body with brown and yellow markings. Its name is from Maori and means "night parrot." |
| #1726 - Animals Fact 3 Gorillas beat their chests when they get nervous. |
| #1727 - Animals Fact 1 A skunk will not bite and throw its scent at the same time. |
| #1728 - Animals Fact 0 The Mola Mola, or Ocean Sunfish, lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at one time. |
| #1729 - Animals Fact 1 Mother prairie dogs will nurse their young only while underground in the safety of the burrow. If an infant tries to suckle above ground, the mother will slap it. |
| #1730 - Animals Fact 0 The more that is learned about the ecological benefits of bats, the more home gardeners are going out of their way to entice these amazing winged mammals into their neighborhoods. Bats are voracious insect eaters, devouring as many as 600 bugs per hour for 4 to 6 hours a night. They can eat from one-half to three-quarters their weight per evening. Bats are also important plant pollinators, particularly in the southwestern U.S. |
| #1731 - Animals Fact 3 The chameleon has a tongue that is 1.5 times the length of its body. |
| #1732 - Animals Fact 1 Mother-of pearl is not always white. It can be pink, blue, purple, gray, or even green. Nor is it produced only by the pearl oyster. The abalone and the pearl mussel both have shells that are lined with fine-quality mother-of-pearl. |
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