POPULAR ANIMALS ON GOOGLE SEARCH
Added on: 15th Dec 2015
DUCK
The feathered birds inhabiting much of our waterways, ducks are,
in most cases, monogamous but only for a year – after the young
are grown the couple often splits. The word duck originates from the
Old English word dûce meaning “diver”.
RABBIT
The rabbit is especially a popularly searched animal on Google in
North America since over half of the global rabbit population lives on
the continent. Rabbits are different from hares which are larger,
have longer ears, and are born hairy and with good eyesight.
SPIDER
Turn away now if you have arachnophobia; there are over 43,000
species of spider known today and out of all these spiders,
we only know of one which is herbivorous.
GREY WOLF
The grey wolf is different from other Canis members largely due to its
more outgoing and expressive demeanour. The dog and grey wolf
came from a similar ancestor about 15,000 years ago in Europe. The
grey wolf is properly popular on Google: it’s one of the most well-researched
animals in the world with one of the highest amounts of literature
written about it.
TURKEY
A common sight on American and Canadian Thanksgiving tables,
the turkey bird was actually named after the country. The Turk
people have inhabited present-day Turkey since the 1300’s and it
was through this area that the guinea fowl was imported from
East Africa to Europe. Europeans landing in the New World incorrectly
identified the bird we know today as the turkey. Europeans referred
to the guinea fowl as: the turkey cock.
LION
Until about 10,000 years ago, the lion was a much more popular animal
around the world – after humans, the lion was the most widespread
large land mammal in the world.
PIG
The top trending animal in 2014, the pig is also a highly intelligent and
social animal and increasingly becoming a more common house pet.
When raised for their meat, pigs make up 38% of the worlds
meat production.
SNAKE
Snakes are often seen as creatures to fear – maybe this comes from
their presence on every continent except Antarctica and a few
notable exceptions of Ireland, New Zealand, and some other islands.
Beyond being quite a useful animal, the snake has loads of interesting
facts associated with it, such as it generally only has one working lung.
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