Rex Trulove
The amount that we don’t know about animals is enormous. However, the amount that we do know is still staggering. The amount that we know that would qualify as trivia is mind-blowing, too. Some of those trivia facts are in the category of “Why did someone go to the trouble of finding this out”, but trivia is interesting but useless facts, after all.
What follows are useless and interesting facts about animals. Be honest, which of these did you not know?
1. A flamingo can’t eat unless its head is upside down.
2. Not even counting the tusks, an elephant’s tooth can weigh nine pounds.
3. Giant anteaters reach six feet in length, but they have mouths that are less than an inch wide. In order to survive, they must also eat thousands of termites or ants every day.
4. In World War II, the first bomb that was dropped by the Allies on Berlin, Germany hit an elephant. (I wonder who was there to witness it?)
5. Killer whales aren’t whales. They are a type of dolphin.
6. A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,250 times per minute or over 20 times per second. In contrast, a blue whale’s heart beats about 9 times per minute.
7. At any given time, a donkey is able to see all four of its legs at the same time.
8. A baby hippo is born underwater.
9. In the wild, 90-95% of cheetah cubs never live to breeding age.
10. Around the world, about 66% of all shark attacks on humans have been in water that was less than six feet deep.
11. Despite the number of milk cows in the world, more goat’s milk is consumed, worldwide, than cow’s milk.
12. If you cut a common starfish into five parts, each will grow back into a complete starfish.
13. About a hundred people a year die from being stepped on by cows.
14. All mammals, including whales, have pubic hair. (And just who was it who wanted to check to make sure this was true?)
15. Elephants can’t jump.
16. One of the ancestors of the modern horse stood about a foot tall.
Now you have the low-down on some pretty amazing stuff and some pretty useless information for most people. Did you know all of this already?
Quiet interesting….although some of the information seems to be unbelievable….
That is what makes good trivia. It is all true, yet some things are so strange that they are hard to believe.
I know some in the real world and some on the TV, BSN talk about tat just right details, thank you.
I’m thinking that several entire books could be written just about the strange facts about animals.
I knew a few of them….but very interesting facts! Thank you for sharing
Animals can certainly be strange, can’t they?
Very true….never argued that lol….but they can be amazing as well!
Well done! Nice post!
Most of this info was new to me. Very interesting and funny too!
I’m very glad that you liked it1
A lot of there are new to me, thanks for this Rex. They are all amazing.
“Amazing” describes animals pretty well, doesn’t it? LOL
Great animal facts share thanks!
I’m glad that you like them!