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ANIMAL KINGDOM FACTS

Added on: 22nd Nov 2015

 

THE ARCTIC TERN TRAVELS AT LEAST 36,000 KM/18,641

MILES EACH YEAR, FLYING FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE

ANTARCTIC AND BACK. THAT MAKES IT THE FARTHEST

MIGRATING ANIMAL IN THE WORLD.

The arctic tern travels at least 36,000 km/18,641 miles each year, flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. That makes it the farthest migrating animal in the world.

 

 

CUTTLEFISH CHANGE COLOUR ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY

TO MIMIC THEIR SURROUNDINGS. THEY DO THIS WHILE

BEING COMPLETELY COLOUR-BLIND!

Cuttlefish change color almost instantaneously to mimic their surroundings. They do this while being completely color-blind!

 

 

THE LEGENDARY “RATTLE” IN THE RATTLE SNAKE IS MADE

UP OF HOLLOW SEGMENTS WHICH ARE INTERLOCKED BY

KERATIN. A RATTLESNAKE CAN CONTRACT THE MUSCLES IN

ITS TAIL TO MAKE THE SEGMENTS VIBRATE AGAINST ONE

ANOTHER, THUS MAKING THE SOUND.

The legendary “rattle” in the rattle snake is made up of hollow segments which are interlocked by keratin. A rattlesnake can contract the muscles in its tail to make the segments vibrate against one another, thus making the sound.

 

 

CATS CAN REHYDRATE BY DRINKING SALTWATER BECAUSE

THEIR KIDNEYS ARE SUPER-EFFICIENT.

Cat

 

 

EVEN THOUGH ARABIAN CAMELS ARE KNOWN FOR ALMOST

NEVER SWEATING, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DRINKING THIRTY

GALLONS OF WATER IN LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES.

Camel

 

 

CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, CHAMELEONS DON’T

CHANGE COLOUR TO MATCH THEIR SURROUNDINGS,

BUT RATHER TO EXHIBIT THEIR EMOTIONS.

Chameleon

 

 

THE STRONGEST AND MOST DOMINANT MALE ELEPHANT

SEALS ARE THE DEFINITION OF “ALPHA MALE” SINCE THEY

COLLECT A HAREM OF 40 TO 50 FEMALES DURING

BREEDING SEASON.

Elephant Seals

 

 

MOST HUMANS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF SMELLING WATER

BUT ELEPHANTS CAN SMELL WATER FROM SEVERAL

MILES AWAY.

Elephants

 

 

WHEN TARANTULAS MOULT, THEY CAN REPLACE INTERNAL

ORGANS INCLUDING STOMACH LINING, FEMALE GENITALIA

AND EVEN LOST LIMBS.

Tarantula

 


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