Which animal is the fastest?

A cat can run about 20 kilometres per hour (12 miles per hour) when it grows up. This one is going nowhere today - it is too lazy !. A  cheetah can run 76 kilometres per hour (46 miles per hour) - that's really fast! The fastest human beings runs only about 30 kilometres per hour (18 miles per hour). a cheetah does not roar like a lion - it purrs like a cat (meow). A Zipper joins two pieces of material together.A zipper is used everywhere, on clothing, pencil cases, boots and suitcases, wallets, and a zillion other things. Everyone thinks it was Whitcomb Judson who invented the zipper but it was really Elias Howe. Elias was so busy inventing the sewing machine that he didn't get around to selling his zipper invention which he called a "clothing closure". Did...

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Amazing animal facts

What follows here are some amazing animal facts… A horse weighing approximately 1,200-pounds, eats approximately seven times it's own weight, in a year. That amounts to almost 8,400-pounds of food. Wow! What an appetite! Apart from human’s even chimpanzees can learn to recognize their own image in a mirror. A cow can give far more milk than a human can consume their lifetime. Any guesses? Almost 200,000 glasses full of milk! While there are so many cows grazing in the world, no two cows will ever be found with identical pattern of spots. A probable identity crisis we have here! Though named polecat, this creature is not a cat but a nocturnal weasel-species in Europe. Is a zebra black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Any guesses? Well, it’s white with black stripes. Talk...

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Wild Animals Facts

Well, to add to the ever-existing interest, here are some fascinating wild animal facts… Each species of grasshopper has its own song. This is important, as the varied species cannot breed with each other. The female needs to be aware that she is listening to a male from her own species. Compass termites of Northern Australia build tall nests that are wedge-shaped. They measure up to 3.5 m in length. Flying frogs change color in the day. They are greenish-blue in sunlight and green in the evening. At night there are black. Boas, as well as many other snakes have special heat-sensitive organs that are called pits. These pits are on their heads. They can detect the heat given by a warm-blooded animal standing close to them. The king Cobra can grow to the length of 5.5 m, and is regarded...

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Here are some interesting facts about endangered animals

Here are some interesting facts about endangered animals… Presently there are 38 known species of mammals that are extinct. However, of them there are some that are kept in captivity with scientists trying to save them from going extinct. With global warming becoming a major issue, the fact is the existing 28,270 animal species of mammals are threatened by the harms done to the planet. 6,524 vertebrate-species were listed as threatened, in the year 2006. In the same year – 2006 – 2,101 invertebrate-species were listed to be threatened. In 2006, 253 fish-species were listed as critically endangered. In 2006, 442 amphibian-species were listed as critically endangered. 81 species of animals are considered extinct or critically endangered, as well as endangered or vulnerable. The number...

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Here are some interesting animal facts that increase one’s knowledge

 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...

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Wild Life

Wild Life Highest, Longest, Tallest, Smallest, Heaviest, Fastest of Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Fishes.. MAMMALS Largest and HeaviestBlue Whale Average length 30.5 m Largest ever recorded 33.58 m Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones Smallest Land MammalKitti's hog-nosed Bat (Found in Thailand)2 Wing span 16 cm weight 1.75 to 2 g Smallest Marine MammalProbably Heaviside's dolphin (Found in South Atlantic) Length 1.22 m Weight 41 kg Rarest Mammal Rarest MammalAspecies of tenrec from Madagascar is only known from a single specimen. Fastest MammalCheetah (found in Africa, Middle East, W. Asia) can run at 100 kph over short distances. Pronhorn antelope (Found in USA) Can run at 60 kph over long distances. Slowest MammalThree-toedsloth (found...

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Animal General Knowledge Test

The Earth has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species. All polar bears are left handed A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby A cheetah does not roar like a lion – it purrs like a cat (meow) A jellyfish is 95 percent water! No two zebras have stripes that are exactly alike. There are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos. A butterflie have 6 Legs & 2 Pair of Wings & has 12,000 eyes. Human birth control pill works on gorillas. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog. Owl is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees. The Swan has over 25,000 feathers in its body. Elephant teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds. Crane sleeps standing...

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National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of India

This is post is very important for readers that are Indians and non-Indians. Because whenever you will plan to visit India’s amazing & incredible parts and to get adventure of wild life, you need to be aware the names and places of the National Parts and Wild Life Sancturaries. This post will tell you the name of sanctuaries parks and the name of stats where it exists. Park NameLocationsImportant species 1.Bandipur national parkMysore, KarnatakaElepahant, Tiger, Bear, Sāmbhar, Panther 2.Bhlpakram SanctuaryGaro Hills, MeghalayaTiger , Elephant, Bison 3. Chandraprabha SanctuaryVaranasi , upAsiatic Lion, Tiger, Panther, Indian Gazelle, Sloth bear 4. Corbett National ParkNainital UttarakhandElephant , Tiger, sloth bear , Nilgai, Panther, Sambhar 5. Dachigam SanctuaryJammu and KashmirKashmir...

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List of Animals with Male, Female and Young Names

AnimalYoungFemaleMale African buffalocalf Alligatorhatchlingcowbull American Bison (Buffalo)calfcowbull Antlarva, pupaqueen, worker, gynedrone Antelopecalfdoebuck Apeinfant—— Ass/Donkeyfoaljennyjack Babooninfant— Badgerkitsowboar Batpup—— Bearcubsowboar Beaverkit, kitten, pup—— Beelarva, pupaqueen, workerdrone Bisoncalfcowbull Boar Butterflycaterpillar Camelcalfcowbull Catkittenmolly, queentom Cattlecalfcowbull Chamoiscalfdoebull Cheetahcub Chickenchickhen, pulletrooster, cock Cobra Cockroachnymph Cormorant Coyotecub, pup, whelpbitchdog Crab—— Cranechick, colt Crocodilehatchlingcowbull Crow Deercalf, fawndoe, hind, cowbuck, stag, bull Dogwhelp, pup, puppybitch, damdog, stud, sire Dogfish Dolphincalf, pupcowbull Donkey/Assfoaljennyjack Dove Duckducklingduck, hendrake Eagleeaglet—— Echidnapuggle Eelelver—— Elandcalf Elephantcalfcowbull Elephant...

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