Crazy Animals

Animal facts?

Could someone give me some animal facts? Such as, 'a lions roar can be heard from up to 5 kilometers away' [I don't knwo if thats right]. Thank you.

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1. http://www.whozoo.org/Intro98/verodona/verodona.htm
2. A shrimp's heart is in their head. Cat's urine glows under a black light. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants A crocodile can't stick its tongue out. Rats and horses can't vomit.
3. its actually 5 miles. Lions- the swahili word for lion is simba which means king. prides are made up of 3 to 30 lions. all females and a male. and they hunt buffalo, giraffes, antelope, elephants, rhinos, rodents, reptiles, and also steal prey from leopards cheetahs and hyenas. giraffes- there back legs are shorter than there front legs.there heart is 2 feet long and can weigh about 25lb. they have only 7 bones in there necks just like humans.they can run up to 30mph. and they have an 18inch long black tounge. zebra- baby zebras can walk with in 20 minutes and can run after an hour. and they are usually in large groups because the stripes can confuse there enimies. i would give you more but im about to fall asleep lol hope that helps though
4. a wolf will only mate with an alpha female, a wolf's sense of smell is 100 times greater than that of a bloodhound, a wolf can sense an injured or dying animal before it attacks. a shark can sense 1 drop of blood in 100 gallons of water. a cat won't eat what a cat can't smell.
5. 1. the giraffe has the same number of neck bones (7) like the humans. 2. octopus does the worlds best camouflage 3. blue whale is a vegetarian 4. cheetah is the fastest animal. 5. the skunk produces the most stinkiest secretion. 6. the horn of a rhinocerous is made up of a substance called keratin, the same material that the hair is composed of. 7. the largest one celled substance is the ostrich egg. 8. the body size difference between a young one and an adult is greatest in kangaroo. the youngone of a kangaroo, joey, is as small as the size of the little finger. 9. platypus is the only mammal who lays egg. 10. the eagles have the greatest eyesight. 11. neck rotation movement is greatest in owls. 12. giant panda feeds only on bamboo leaves. 13. crabs walk only sideways. 14. a lion sleeps 20 hours a day. the lioness hunts the food for the lion. 15. a camel can drink 100 gallons of water at a time.
6. Esther, platypus are not the only mammals who lay eggs. There are five species of monotremes, the platypus and 4 species of Echidnae that all lay eggs. Here are some more: Pandas are not bears, they are related to the raccoon. A group of rats is called a mischief. A group of crows is called a murder. Toucans can do backflips. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'. Only female reindeer have horns in the winter, which means Santa's reindeer are all girls. Polar bears actually have black skin and clear hairs, they are also ALL left-handed. Elephants are the only mammals who can't jump, but they CAN swim for miles! Kangaroos can not walk backwards The largest invertebrate animal in the world is the Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, or Colossal Squid. They have the largest eyes of any animal on earth, and since the largest specimen found was a 10 meter long male, which are smaller than females, no one really knows how big they can get.