I didn`t know where to post these so I`m posting them here.
DID YOU KNOW?
The world's smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian parasitic wasp,is smaller than the eye of a housefly.
Inbreeding causes 3 out of every 10 Dalmation dogs to suffer from hearing disability.
When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.
When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone.
The cat was domesticated over 4,000 years ago. Today's house cats are descended from wildcats in Africa and Europe.
Many fish can change sex during the course of their lives. Others, especially rare deep-sea fish, have both male and female sex organs.
Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or
run. The only other animals to do this are the giraffe and the camel.
The stuff (allergens) that people are allergic to in cats is a protein in cat saliva. When the cat grooms and the saliva dries it can become airborn. This protein is 1/3 the weight of ordinary housedust, so it can travel farther. You can find this allergen where cats have never been.
An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.
The oarfish, Regalecus glesne, is the longest bony fish in the world. With its snakelike body_sporting a magnificent red fin along its 50-foot length, horselike face and blue gills, it
accounts for many sea-serpent sightings
Camel milk does not curdle.
Australian termites have been known to build mounds twenty feet high and at least 100 feet wide.
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