| Random Wildlife Fact The whale shark has over 4,000 teeth. Each tooth is only 3 mm long. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Hummingbirds consume half of their weight in food daily. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Polar bears are capable of jumping as high as 6 feet and can run as fast as 25mph. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Armadillos and opossums spend about 80% of their lives sleeping. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The largest known fish in the sea is the Whale Shark. It weighs up to 20 tons and grows to a length of 40 feet. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact After cats eat, they always immediately bathe themselves. This is because their instinct tells them to get the food scent off them so that predators will not smell the food and come after them. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact When cats are happy or pleased, they sqeeze their eyes shut. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact In texas it is illegal to have sex with a fish, in florida it is illegal to get a fish drunk, and N.Carolina thought both laws were good, so in NC it is illegal to have sex with a drunk fish. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact How a cat 'speaks' is quiet remarkable. They don't speak phrases to express affection, outrage, hunger, loneliness, boredom, confusion, happiness and fear in their natural frequency range, which would be inaudible to humans, but at a much lower frequency that humans can hear. Some researchers believe they may have learned we can't hear them in their natural range and have adapted so they can relate to us on our terms. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The ancient Egyptians worshipped cats as Gods. Any cat owner can tell you that cats have never gotten over it! More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The reason for the lack of mouse-flavored cat food is due to the fact that the test subjects (cats, naturally!) turned up their noses at the formula! More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The cat uses it's tail like a tight-rope walker uses a long pole - as a counterweight to aid balance. Even though the tail is useful for this, it is also used for communication purposes. Cats born without tails do manage, though. There are other methods of balancing More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Did you know that cats can listen for prey by rotating their ears independently? Or that their whiskers can detect movements 2,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair? Or that house cats, unlike other domesticated animals, have changed very little over the past 4,000 years? More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The infamous Black Plague in Europe was due in part to the fact that people believed those with cats were witches. So all the cats were rounded up, caged and burned, leaving the rats (with their disease causing parasites) to run free and multiply. Those harbouring cats were often those who survived. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Cats see so well in the dark because their eyes actually REFLECT light. Light goes in their eyes, and is reflected back out; their eyes actually work as built-in flashlights. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The most poisonous fish in the world is the Stone fish. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Jelly Fish, not sharks, are the deadliest killer in oceans and seas. A certain kind of box jelly fish kills more people than all the shark species do put together. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Fish do not have eyelids and therefore cannot blink. This is because the purpose of blinking is to hydrate the eyes; tear ducts produce moisture, and blinking spreads that moisture over the surface of the eye. Since fish live in water they have no need for this. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The elephant snout, an African fish, communicates with other fish by emitting an electrical signal, sort of a fish's version of Morse Code. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact In Japan meat from the 'Fugu' or spiny puffer fish is considered a rare delicacy, however the liver and intestines contain a powerfull neurotoxin and the slightest contamination during preperation can be deadly. Restaraunts who serve fugu must have 'Fugu certified' chefs. In japan about one hundred people on average die annualy from fugu poisoning. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact If the Loch Ness monster exists at all, he (or she) could only be about as big as a sixth grader. A new study shows that there is only enough fish in the loch to feed a 31 kg (about 67 lb) creature. The scientists used sonar to estimate the number of fish in the lake and came up with an annual food supply of 93 kg. Since a cold blooded animal like Nessie would need to eat about three times its body weight each year, it could only weigh about 31 kg. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact All the sturgeon (the fish from which we get caviar) caught in British waters are property of the Queen More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Based on an average life span of 11 years, the cost of owning a dog is $13,350. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Dogs only sweat from the bottoms of their feet, the only way they can discharge heat is by panting. Dogs and wolves yawn as a sign of contentment. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears. Unfortunately, the likes of bulldogs and pitbulls only have 10, due to their breeding. Therefore, these dogs easily get misinterpreted by other dogs and often get into fights. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact One of the worlds oldest breeds of dog is the Saluki. It is thought to have been developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Three dog night (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact A dog's sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew. In fact, if you unfolded and laid out the delicate membranes from inside a dogs nose, the membranes would be larger than the dog itself. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact It was recently discovered that dogs DO see in color, just not as vivid as the color that humans see. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Two dogs survived the sinking of Titanic, yes that's right, two DOGS survived. They escaped on early lifeboats carrying so few people that no one objected. Miss Margaret Hays of New York brought her Pomeranian with her in lifeboat No. 7, while Henry Sleeper Harper of the publishing family boarded boat No. 3 with his Pekinese, Sun Yat Sen. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Giving dogs chocolate could be fatal for them, because theobromine, an ingredient of chocolate, stimulates the central nervous system and cardiac muscle. About 1.1 kg of milk chocolate or just 146 g of cooking chocolate (which has more theobromine per gram) could kill a 22 kg dog. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact In the original 101 Dalmatians movie, Pongo has 72 spots, Perdita has 68 and each of the puppies has 32. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Male fruit bats have the highest incidence of homosexuality in the animal kingdom even overtaking humans! More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact An ostrich's eye is actually bigger than it's brain is! More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The giant sloth sleeps for 17 hours per day yet only spends about 70 minutes dreaming. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Antarctica is the only continent on earth without reptiles. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact There were once more sea lions on earth than people. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact If you keep a goldfish in a darkened room for long enough it will turn white. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact A person swallows about three spiders every year on average. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The US pilgrim fathers would not eat lobster because they thought it was a giant insect. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact The Gabonese government has banned AIDS sufferers from swimming in the sea. Shark fishing is an important part of the economy and they are worried that sharks may contract the disease and die. More facts at Wild Life Facts |
| Random Wildlife Fact Taxes for Human Existance should be illegal, Real Estate, Food, Medicine, other staples for a life should not be taxed. More facts at Wild Life Facts |