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100 amazing animal facts | 100th post special

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This is our 100th post and to celebrate, we have decided to present you with 100 absolutely random facts about animals. Enjoy!

  1. The loudest animal in the world is a 2cm long prawn, the pistol shrimp.
  2. Hummingbirds are the only birds that are known to fly backwards.
  3. One bite from the world's most powerful snake can kill 100 people, the inland taipan.
  4. Mosquitoes kill 725 000 people a year making them the most dangerous animals in the world.
  5. The mayfly has the shortest known lifespan in the world, only 24 hours.
  6. The horned lizard can shot blood from its own eyes.
  7. Koalas can sleep for 22 hours a day.
  8. Swifts can fly for almost an entire year without landing.
  9. Garden snails have 14 000 teeth.
  10. The tongue of the blue whale weighs as much as a car. 
  11. Baby elephants suck their trunks in the same way that baby humans suck their thumbs.
  12. The giant pacific octopus has 3 hearts, 9 brains and blue blood.
  13. Howler monkey calls can be heard 3 miles (5 km) away. 
  14. Polar bears have black skin underneath their white fur.
  15. Great white sharks can detect one drop of blood in 100 litres of water.
  16. Only 5% of cheetahs cubs survive to become adults.
  17. Japanese macaques play with snowballs for fun.
  18. Koala's fingerprints are almost identical to humans. 
  19. The box jellyfish is the most venomous marine creature in the world.
  20. Many albatrosses are lesbians.
  21. A shoebill stork can swallow a baby crocodile whole.
  22. Lungfish are the only fish that have lungs and gills. 
  23. Electric eels are not eels.
  24. Elephants mourn the dead. 
  25. Gorillas can dismantle poachers' traps.
  26. Orangoutangs are the heaviest tree dwellers.
  27. Wood frogs spend 7 months frozen.
  28. Parrots are selfless.
  29. Dragonflies make a heart while mating.
  30. Penguins propose to each other with pebbles.
  31. Male seahorses give birth rather than the females.
  32. Female lions do 90% of the hunting.
  33. Pigeons can do maths.
  34. Squirrels plant thousands of trees. 
  35. Sperm whales in the Caribbean have an accent.
  36. Some sharks glow in the dark.
  37. Sloths can take a whole month digest one leaf.
  38. A group of owls is called a parliament. 
  39. Butterflies taste with their feet. 
  40. Giraffes only hum at night.
  41. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
  42. Octopus taste with their arms.
  43. Squirrels adopt orphans.
  44. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. 
  45. Elephants are almost immune to cancer. 
  46. Sloths can swim 3 times faster than they can move on land.
  47. Only one half of a whales brain sleeps at once.
  48. Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
  49. Some sharks can't breath if they're not swimming.
  50. Peacock is male, peahen is female and peafowl is both. 
  51. The platypus swims with its eyes closed.
  52. The, now extinct, colossus penguin could hold its breath for 40 minutes.
  53. Out of 1 200 bat species, only two can walk on the ground.
  54. Hippos can run faster than humans.
  55. Reindeers eyes turn blue in winter.
  56. The stonefish's venom will stop a human heart.
  57. Snakes don't have eyelids and therefore can't close their eyes.
  58. Pandas are smaller than mice when they are born.
  59. Female mice can reproduce when they are two months old.
  60. A narwal horn is actually inside out tooth.
  61. Puffins use twigs to scratch their bodies.
  62. Some snails have shell hairs. 
  63. Baby Tasmanian devils make life long friendship.
  64. Ducks can surf.
  65. Slow lorises are the only venomous primates.
  66. Zebra stripes are a natural bug repellent. 
  67. Frogs can freeze without dying. 
  68. Male horses have more teeth than females.
  69. A group of ferrets is called a business.
  70. Dolphins have names. 
  71. Giraffes have purple/black tongues. 
  72. Otters have the world's thickest fur.
  73. Snow leopards don't roar. 
  74. A group of rhinos is called a clash.
  75. Moths experience love at first sight.
  76. Worms can jump.
  77. Crocodiles can live up to 100 years.
  78. Rats laugh.
  79. Tigers' skin is striped. 
  80. Wombat poop is cube-shaped.
  81. Prehistoric crocodiles could gallop.
  82. Giraffes have the same amount of bones in their necks as humans: 7.
  83. You don't get female and male earthworms - all earthworms have both reproductive organs.
  84. Hippos are related to whales and dolphins.
  85. A chameleon's tongue is at least at long as its body.
  86. Eagles' eyesight is at least 4 times better than humans'.
  87. While hovering, hummingbirds beat their wings 200 times per second. 
  88. Nine banded armadillos give birth to 4 identical babies.
  89. A Galapagos giant tortoise weighs the same as a brown bear.
  90. The first part of a tawny owl call comes from the female, the second part from the male.
  91. One type of bat eats 1 200 insects an hour.
  92. No two tigers have the same stripes. 
  93. A newborn Chinese water deer is so small that you can hold it in the palm of your hand.
  94. Wild lions only make around 20 kills a year. 
  95. Some male songbirds sing more than 2 000 times each day. 
  96. A tarantula can survive 2 years without food.
  97. An elephant tooth can weigh 9 pounds (4 kg). 
  98. Ants never sleep.
  99. When born, kangaroos are the same size as a queen bee.
  100. A woodpecker can peck up to 20 times a second.
We hope you enjoyed this post and learnt some new facts.

Your Green World Blog TeamšŸ’š



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Hummingbird: This image, owned by James Gates (on flickr.com ), is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
Inland taipan: This image, owned by Scott Eipper (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
Koala: This image, owned by La Butaca Dorada (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swift: This image, owned by henry...(on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Giant pacific Octopus: This image, owned by Karen (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Polar bear cubs: This image, owned by Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Elephant: This image, owned by Megan Coughlin (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.
Dragonflies: This image, owned by gailhampshire (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Squirrel: This image, owned by likeaduck (onflickr.com), is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Butterfly: This image, owned by Coral Gallagher (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Peacock: This image, owned by Coral Von Canon (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Panda: This image, owned by Kevin Dooley (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Zebra: This image, owned by snarglebarf (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dolphin: This image, owned by Pete Markham (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snow leopard: This image, owned by Nathan Rupert (on flickr.com), is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Tiger: This image, owned by Mathias Appel (on flickr.com), is licensed under the public domain.


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