- Turtles can live for more than 100 years.
- An elephant trunk has no bone but 40,000 muscles.
- The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.
- The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.
- If your skin is laid flat it will cover an area of 18 square feet.
- A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.
- Ocean waves can travel as fast as a JET Plane.
- A butterfly warms up its body up to 81 degrees Fahrenheit before flying.
- An average human being drinks 16,000 tons of water in a lifetime.
- The star fish is actually not a fish, its an animal. ( phylum : Echinodermate )
- Male mosquitoes do not bite, so blame the females next time.
- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation.
- The largest lizard in the world is the Komodo Dragon, which reaches up to 3 meters and sometimes longer. It was named because of it's fiery tongue. It is often longer than a car.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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