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.
CUTTLEFISH CHANGE COLOUR ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY
TO MIMIC THEIR SURROUNDINGS. THEY DO THIS WHILE
BEING COMPLETELY COLOUR-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.
CATS CAN REHYDRATE BY DRINKING SALTWATER BECAUSE
THEIR KIDNEYS ARE SUPER-EFFICIENT.
EVEN THOUGH ARABIAN CAMELS ARE KNOWN FOR ALMOST
NEVER SWEATING, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DRINKING THIRTY
GALLONS OF WATER IN LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES.
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, CHAMELEONS DON’T
CHANGE COLOUR TO MATCH THEIR SURROUNDINGS,
BUT RATHER TO EXHIBIT THEIR EMOTIONS.
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.
MOST HUMANS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF SMELLING WATER
BUT ELEPHANTS CAN SMELL WATER FROM SEVERAL
MILES AWAY.
WHEN TARANTULAS MOULT, THEY CAN REPLACE INTERNAL
ORGANS INCLUDING STOMACH LINING, FEMALE GENITALIA
AND EVEN LOST LIMBS.
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