Randomness

• If an average man had a metabolism comparable to that of a hummingbird, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger every day to maintain his weight.



• There are 8 major species of hummingbirds in North America, but only 1, the ruby-throated, lives in the Midwest and East.



• A hummingbird’s pectoral muscles account for 1% of it’s total weight, compare to 5% in humans.



• Turtles can recognize faces. They are one of the few reptiles that an be trained to do tricks.



• A crocodile can not stick out its tongue.



• The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.



• The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, the most of any animal.



• The flea can jump 350 times its own length. That would be like a human jumping a football field.



• The largest animal of Antarctica that lives strictly on land is the wingless fly of .25 in.



• A cockroach will live 9 days with out its head before it starves to death.



• A gorilla’s penis is 1/3 that of a humans.



• Some lions mate over 50 times a day.



• The giraffe has a black tongue that is 14 inches long and about no vocal cords.



• Butterflies taste with their feet.



• Starfish ain’t got no brains.



• Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump.



• A cat’s urine will glow under a black light.



• An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.



• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.



• A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think the day is 28 hourslong.



• The only food cockroaches won’t eat is cucumbers.



• Both humans and chimps have equal amounts of hair per given surface area. A chimps is just heavier.



• Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog.



• Pigs can become alcoholics.



• A camel’s back bone is just as straight as a horse’s.



• The dolphins that live in the Amazon River are pink.



• The elephant is the only animal with four knees.



• Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand.



• It would take a parrot ten to the power of three million years to type out Sir Arthur Conan Doyles book “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Complete and in order with no mistakes.



• Toads don’t have teeth, frogs do.



• It takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.



• All elephants walk on tiptoe because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.



• It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not down.



• A ducks quack doesn’t echo and no one knows why.



• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.



• There are more chickens than people in the world.



• If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.



• When possums are playing possum, the are not really playing. They actually pass out from sheer terror.