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Question

Can u tell me some interesting & generally unknown facts about animals. If u know any?
No jokes allowed! plz giv serious answers........thnks every1

Answer 1

A GoldFish can only remember the last three seconds of its life.
Every year, donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
A tigers skin is also stripped along w/ its fur.
The sloth moves so slow algea can grow unhenderred on it.

Answer 2

Snowshoe hares occasionally scavenge meat from the carcasses of other animals. Most small herbivores, including mice, voles, and rabbits, will eat meat occasionally if it is available—good sources of protein are rare in plant foods, so most herbivores eat meat when they can. http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=103

The Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana that has the unique ability among modern lizards to live and forage in the sea. It is found only on the Galapagos Islands, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_iguana

The Vampire Finch feeds primarily on the blood of the Nazca Booby and Blue-footed Booby, pecking at the boobies' skin with their sharp beaks until blood is drawn. Curiously, the boobies allow them to do this. It is theorized that this behavior evolved from the pecking behavior that the finch used to clean parasites from the plumage of the booby. The finch also feeds on booby eggs, stealing the eggs just after they are laid and rolling them (by pushing with their legs and using their beak as a pivot) into rocks until they break. The vampire finch is highly endangered, and is only found on Wolf Island and Darwin Island. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_finch

The lifespan of a bowhead whale was once thought to be 60 to 70 years, similar to other whales. However, discoveries of antique ivory spear points in living whales in 1993, 1995 and 1999 have triggered further research based on structures in the whale's eye, leading to the reliable conclusion that at least some individuals have lived to be 150–200 years old (another report has said a female at the age of 90 was allegedly still reproductive). Because of their possible life span, female bowhead whales are believed to go through menopause. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowhead_whale

The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest terrestrial species of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is also called the glutton or carcajou. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Gulo. The wolverine is extremely strong for its size and has been known to kill animals as large as moose. They have been filmed capturing kills from other predators, such as polar bears or a wolf pack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

The tremolo call, of the Common Loon is sometimes referred to as "loon laughter", is an eerie wailing, a symbol of the Canadian wilderness, and often used as atmosphere in horror films. Native tribes of British Columbia believed that an excess of calls from this bird predicted rain, and even brought it. This species, like all divers, is a specialist fish-eater, catching its prey underwater, diving as deep as 200 feet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_loon

Fishers are among the few animals that regularly prey on porcupines, though, and are known to control porcupine populations. In fact, some states have reintroduced fishers for the purpose of reducing porcupine numbers. Fishers are solitary hunters, feeding mainly on small herbivores and omnivores such as mice, porcupines (they are the only predator to consistently hunt this quilled animal), http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150804
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_%28animal%29

Answer 3

A cat can move each of it's whiskers independently.

Answer 4

Cockroaches able to live without their heads for a week.

Answer 5

Cheetahs are the only cats that can't retract their claws.

Answer 6

Bdeloid rotifers, have no male sex, or at least one has never been spotted.

Answer 7

rats are incapable of vomiting, and elephants can't jump.