1. Chickens can absord vitamin D from sunshine.
2. The average hen lays 227 eggs a year.
3. When a group of geese are on the ground, they're called a gaggle. When they're in the air, they're called a skein.
4. The maximum speed of a chicken is 9 miles per hour.
5. It takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.
6. Chocolate is fatal to a parrot.
7. The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
8. An adult turkey has about 3,500 feathers on average.
9. Harpy eagles eat monkeys.
10. An ostrich's stride may exceed 23 feet in length while the bird is sprinting or running.
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Ten Trivia Facts About Horses
1. A horse's height is measured in hands. A hand is equal to 4 inches (10 centimeters).
2. A horse only has binocular vision when it is looking down its nose. Otherwise, it has monocular vision.
3. A baby horse is called a foal. A male horse 4 years old or younger is called a colt. A female horse 4 years or younger is called a filly.
4. Any horse under 14.2 hands high when fully mature is considered a pony.
5. The tallest horse on record was a Shire horse named Samson. He was 21.2 hands (7 feet, 2 inches) tall and was born in 1846 in England.
6. The oldest horse on record was Old Billy, who was 62 years old when he died. He was born in 1760 and died in 1822.
7. Horses can't breathe through their mouths.
8. Horses produce 10 gallons of saliva a day on average.
9. A horse's small intestine is about 70 feet (21.3 meters) long.
10. Adult female horses usually have 36 teeth but may have up to 40 teeth. Adult male horses may have 40 or more teeth.
2. A horse only has binocular vision when it is looking down its nose. Otherwise, it has monocular vision.
3. A baby horse is called a foal. A male horse 4 years old or younger is called a colt. A female horse 4 years or younger is called a filly.
4. Any horse under 14.2 hands high when fully mature is considered a pony.
5. The tallest horse on record was a Shire horse named Samson. He was 21.2 hands (7 feet, 2 inches) tall and was born in 1846 in England.
6. The oldest horse on record was Old Billy, who was 62 years old when he died. He was born in 1760 and died in 1822.
7. Horses can't breathe through their mouths.
8. Horses produce 10 gallons of saliva a day on average.
9. A horse's small intestine is about 70 feet (21.3 meters) long.
10. Adult female horses usually have 36 teeth but may have up to 40 teeth. Adult male horses may have 40 or more teeth.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ten Trivia Facts About Tigers
1. The Siberian Tiger is the largest of all the tiger subspecies.
2. Like a human's fingerprints are one of kind, no two tigers share the same stripe pattern.
3. In 1959, the South China tiger was declared a pest by the government and hunting them was considered a help to the people. The population fell from 4,000 in 1959 to less than 200 by 1982. The South China tiger has not been seen in the wild for more than 20 years and has now been declared extinct in the wild.
4. A tiger is diurnal, meaning its peak times of activity are at dawn and dusk.
5. The heaviest tiger in recorded history was a Siberian tiger that weighed 1,025 pounds (465 kilograms).
6. The Sumatran tiger can only be found on the Islands of Sumatra. There are fewer than 500 left.
7. Tiger cubs are born blind.
8. A fully grown Siberian tiger can reach a length of 13 feet (3.96 meters).
9. There are eight subspecies of tiger: Bengal (also known as Indian), Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Siberian (also known as Amur), South China, Caspian, Java, and Bali. Caspian, Java and Bali tigers are extinct.
10. A tiger's roar can be heard up to more than a mile away.
2. Like a human's fingerprints are one of kind, no two tigers share the same stripe pattern.
3. In 1959, the South China tiger was declared a pest by the government and hunting them was considered a help to the people. The population fell from 4,000 in 1959 to less than 200 by 1982. The South China tiger has not been seen in the wild for more than 20 years and has now been declared extinct in the wild.
4. A tiger is diurnal, meaning its peak times of activity are at dawn and dusk.
5. The heaviest tiger in recorded history was a Siberian tiger that weighed 1,025 pounds (465 kilograms).
6. The Sumatran tiger can only be found on the Islands of Sumatra. There are fewer than 500 left.
7. Tiger cubs are born blind.
8. A fully grown Siberian tiger can reach a length of 13 feet (3.96 meters).
9. There are eight subspecies of tiger: Bengal (also known as Indian), Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Siberian (also known as Amur), South China, Caspian, Java, and Bali. Caspian, Java and Bali tigers are extinct.
10. A tiger's roar can be heard up to more than a mile away.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Ten Trivia Facts About Polar Bears
1. Though a polar bear's fur is white, its skin is black.
2. A polar bear's liver is fatal to those who eat it. It contains a lethal amount of Vitamin A.
3. The scientific name for a polar bear is ursus maritimus. Ursus maritimus means "sea bear" in Latin.
4. Polars are only found in Alaska (the United States of America), Russia, Canada, Denmark (Greenland) and Norway.
5. There is an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world.
6. The average life span of a polar bear in the wild is 15 to 18 years. The average life span of a polar bear in captivity is more than double that in the wild, often living into their mid- to late 30s. The oldest polar bear on record lived to be 43 years old.
7. Polar bear cubs generally stay with their mother until they are 2½ years old.
8. The Inuit word for polar bear is nanook.
9. About 500 polar bears are killed every year by sport hunters in Canada, usually by using local guides and dog-sled teams.
10. At birth, a polar bear cub weighs about 1 pound (half a kilogram) and is 12 to 14 inches (30 to 35 centimeters) long.
2. A polar bear's liver is fatal to those who eat it. It contains a lethal amount of Vitamin A.
3. The scientific name for a polar bear is ursus maritimus. Ursus maritimus means "sea bear" in Latin.
4. Polars are only found in Alaska (the United States of America), Russia, Canada, Denmark (Greenland) and Norway.
5. There is an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world.
6. The average life span of a polar bear in the wild is 15 to 18 years. The average life span of a polar bear in captivity is more than double that in the wild, often living into their mid- to late 30s. The oldest polar bear on record lived to be 43 years old.
7. Polar bear cubs generally stay with their mother until they are 2½ years old.
8. The Inuit word for polar bear is nanook.
9. About 500 polar bears are killed every year by sport hunters in Canada, usually by using local guides and dog-sled teams.
10. At birth, a polar bear cub weighs about 1 pound (half a kilogram) and is 12 to 14 inches (30 to 35 centimeters) long.
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