Koalas have a diet that consists of only one thing, eucalyptus leaves. Aren’t you glad you are not a koala? Interestingly, their appendix is up to 8 feet long.
Category: Animals
Nearsighted Moose
Sometimes a moose will approach a car, thinking it is another moose. They are very nearsighted animals.
Milk Production
The record for milk production from one cow is 11,756 gallons (44,501 liters) in one year. That’s over 32 gallons (121 liters) per day.
Cow Psychology
You can convince a cow to go up stairs, but it is nearly impossible to get one to come down.
Hippopotamus Stomach
The stomach of a hippopotamus is ten feet long.
Hippopotamus Skin
The skin of a hippopotamus is an one-and-a-half inches (3.8 cm) thick and nearly bulletproof.
When hippos sweat, their sweat is red.
How Much Do Elephants Eat?
An elephant can eat a quarter-ton (500 lbs, 226 kilos) of grass in one day.
Elephants in Thailand
Life of a domestic elephant in Thailand: School begins at age three. The elephant is introduced to two boys who will learn with it. The boys are called mahouts. For the next six years they learn all about working with each other to get wood out of the jungle. For the next fifty years, the elephant and the mahouts are employed by the timber industry. The reason there are two men for one elephant, is that should something happen to one of the men, the other will be able to continue working with the elephant. Then, at age 59, the elephant is retired, and gets to graze freely in the forest for the next forty years or so. The mahouts, if still alive, continue to visit the elephant in the forest every few days.
Rabbits and Sleep
Rabbits sleep 16 times per day.
What Sharks Will Not Eat
Sharks will eat anything. The only exception, is that they will not eat anything in the vicinity of where they give birth. This is the way nature protects them from accidentally eating their own babies.
Sharks and Cancer
Sharks almost never get cancer. Scientists are studying them to find out why, and whether their protection is adaptable to humans.
Shark Competition
One species of shark is so competitive that the babies fight each other within their mother, until only one is left to be born.
Fishing Lantern
While fishing at a pond in New York State, a man lost the glass part of his lantern. Five years later, once again fishing in the same spot, he caught a fish that was wearing that same glass lantern chimney, stuck around its body.
Three Fish at Once
A fisherman in England hooked three pike at once. While pulling in the first, it was eaten by a second who was eaten by the third.
Pacific Salmon
When Pacific salmon get to a certain age, their pituitary glands suddenly secrete poison to kill them.
Catfish Tastebuds
Some catfish have taste buds over their entire bodies. Wouldn’t that be fun at a potluck?
Hagfish
The hagfish has terrible table manners. It starts its meal by biting into the gill of another fish. Then it eats its way into the fish’s throat. Finally, it crawls totally inside the victim and kills and eats the fish from the inside out. These hagfish have four hearts and they all beat with independent rhythms.
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Flounder
The flounder, a weird, flat fish, has both eyes on one side of its body.
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