Interesting Facts About Animals

• There are presently over a million animal species upon planet earth.

• The reptiles have 6,000 species crawling in their habitats; and more are discovered each year. 

• There are over 70,000 types of spiders spinning their webs in the world. 

• Well, there are 3,000 kinds of lice. Yes, it is the lice we are prone to get due to lack of hair hygiene. 

• This is a mind-boggling fact – for each of the 600 million people there is about 200 million insects crawling, flying... 

• Mammals are the only creatures that have flaps around their ears. 

• The world has approximately one billion cattle, of which about 200 million belong to India. 

• The life of a housefly is only 14 days. 

• A dog was the first animal to up in space. 

• A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first animals to fly in a hot air balloon. The oldest breed of a dog known to mankind is the ‘Saluki’. 

• An ostrich is the fastest bird and can run up to 70 km/h. 

• Never get a camel angry, for he or she will spit at you. 

• There are crabs that are the size of a pea. There are known as ‘Pea Crabs’. 

• The lifespan of 75 percent of wild birds is 6 months. 

• Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people. 

• You do not need cotton buds to clean a giraffe ears. It can do so with its own 50cm-tongue. 

• Want to known the appetite of a South American Giant Anteater? Well it eats over 30,000 ants, per day. 

• The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer. 

• The Sea Horse is the slowest fish, drifting at approximately 0.016 km/h. 

• The small car on the road is probably the size of the heart of a blue whale. 

• The length of an elephant is the same as the tongue of a blue whale. 

• The crocodile's tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth.