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TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:04 PM

Mother prairie dogs will nurse their young only while underground in the safety of the burrow. If an infant tries to suckle above ground, the mother will slap it.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

The more that is learned about the ecological benefits of bats, the more home gardeners are going out of their way to entice these amazing winged mammals into their neighborhoods. Bats are voracious insect eaters, devouring as many as 600 bugs per hour for 4 to 6 hours a night. They can eat from one-half to three-quarters their weight per evening. Bats are also important plant pollinators, particularly in the southwestern U.S.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

The chameleon has a tongue that is 1.5 times the length of its body.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

Mother-of pearl is not always white. It can be pink, blue, purple, gray, or even green. Nor is it produced only by the pearl oyster. The abalone and the pearl mussel both have shells that are lined with fine-quality mother-of-pearl.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

Boredom can lead to madness in parrots. When caged by themselves and neglected for long periods of time, these intelligent, sociable birds can easily become mentally ill. Many inflict wounds upon themselves, develop strange tics, and rip out their own feathers. The birds need constant interaction, affection, and mental stimulation; some bird authorities have determined that some parrot breeds have the mental abilities of a 5-year-old human child. Should a neglected parrot go mad, there is little that can be done to restore it to normalcy. In England, there are "mental institutions" for such unfortunate creatures.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

The smallest of American owls, the elf owl, often nests in the Gila woodpecker’s cactus hole after the woodpecker leaves. The owl measures barely 6 inches tall. It specializes in catching scorpions, seizing each by the tail and nipping off its stinger. It then swallows the scorpion’s body, pincers and all.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:05 PM

As much as 40-percent of the entire world's varieties of freshwater fish are to be found in the Amazon River basin. There are about 8,600 species of birds in the entire world, and more than half of them are also represented in this area.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:06 PM

The Portuguese jellyfish tentacles have been known to grow a mile in length, catching anything in it's path by stinging it's prey.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:06 PM

The African lungfish can live out of water for up to four years.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:06 PM

Cats can run slightly more than 30 miles per hour.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:06 PM

Male birds actually do most of the singing, primarily to stake out their territory and to invite females of their species over to mate. Females tend to select as mates those male birds who sing the most. It is believed they do this not because they like the quality of the singing, but because they have learned the males who sing the most have the most food in their territory. Since the male doesn't have to spend much time hunting for food, it has more time to sing.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:07 PM

At birth a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:07 PM

The flying gurnard, a fish, swims in water, walks on land, and flies through the air.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:07 PM

Contrary to popular belief, elephants are not afraid of mice, and they do not have any better memory than any other animal.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:07 PM

Despite being a nine-inch-tall bird, the roadrunner can run as fast as a human sprinter.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:07 PM

While there are hundreds of species of sharks, only about seven are marketed and eaten with any regularity in the United States.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:08 PM

The largest species of seahorse measures 8 inches.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:08 PM

A camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight in perspiration and continue to cross the desert. A human would die of heat shock after sweating away only 12 percent of body weight.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:08 PM

There are about 500 different kinds of cone snails around the world. All have a sharp, modified tooth that stabs prey with venom like a harpoon. Most cone snails hunt worms and other snails, but some eat fish. These are the ones most dangerous to people. The nerve toxin that stops a fish is powerful enough to also kill a human.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:08 PM

The leech has 32 brains, 32 more than most humans.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:08 PM

The blow of a whale has a strong, foul odor. It apparently smells like a combination of spoiled fish and old oil. Because whales have such terrible breath, sailors believed at one time that a whiff of it could cause brain disorders.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:08 PM

The last of a cat's senses to develop is sight.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

Mussels can thrive in polluted water because of an inborn ability to purify bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

Because birds carrying messages were often killed in flight by hawks, medieval Arabs made a habit of sending important messages twice.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

Since housecats are clean and their coats are dry and glossy, their fur easily becomes charged with electricity. Sparks can be seen if their fur is rubbed in the dark.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

The jackrabbit is not a rabbit; it is a hare.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

A house cat has 18 claws.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:09 PM

A castrated rooster is called a capon.

TJ Cline · 12-20-2005, 05:10 PM

A skark's skeleton is made up of cartilage.

12-20-2005, 05:04 PM	#331
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Mother prairie dogs will nurse their young only while underground in the safety of the burrow. If an infant tries to suckle above ground, the mother will slap it.
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12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#332
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The more that is learned about the ecological benefits of bats, the more home gardeners are going out of their way to entice these amazing winged mammals into their neighborhoods. Bats are voracious insect eaters, devouring as many as 600 bugs per hour for 4 to 6 hours a night. They can eat from one-half to three-quarters their weight per evening. Bats are also important plant pollinators, particularly in the southwestern U.S.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#333
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The chameleon has a tongue that is 1.5 times the length of its body.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#334
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Mother-of pearl is not always white. It can be pink, blue, purple, gray, or even green. Nor is it produced only by the pearl oyster. The abalone and the pearl mussel both have shells that are lined with fine-quality mother-of-pearl.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#335
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#336
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Boredom can lead to madness in parrots. When caged by themselves and neglected for long periods of time, these intelligent, sociable birds can easily become mentally ill. Many inflict wounds upon themselves, develop strange tics, and rip out their own feathers. The birds need constant interaction, affection, and mental stimulation; some bird authorities have determined that some parrot breeds have the mental abilities of a 5-year-old human child. Should a neglected parrot go mad, there is little that can be done to restore it to normalcy. In England, there are "mental institutions" for such unfortunate creatures.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#337
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The smallest of American owls, the elf owl, often nests in the Gila woodpecker’s cactus hole after the woodpecker leaves. The owl measures barely 6 inches tall. It specializes in catching scorpions, seizing each by the tail and nipping off its stinger. It then swallows the scorpion’s body, pincers and all.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:05 PM	#338
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	As much as 40-percent of the entire world's varieties of freshwater fish are to be found in the Amazon River basin. There are about 8,600 species of birds in the entire world, and more than half of them are also represented in this area.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:06 PM	#339
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The Portuguese jellyfish tentacles have been known to grow a mile in length, catching anything in it's path by stinging it's prey.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:06 PM	#340
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The African lungfish can live out of water for up to four years.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:06 PM	#341
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Cats can run slightly more than 30 miles per hour.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:06 PM	#342
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Male birds actually do most of the singing, primarily to stake out their territory and to invite females of their species over to mate. Females tend to select as mates those male birds who sing the most. It is believed they do this not because they like the quality of the singing, but because they have learned the males who sing the most have the most food in their territory. Since the male doesn't have to spend much time hunting for food, it has more time to sing.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:07 PM	#343
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	At birth a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:07 PM	#344
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The flying gurnard, a fish, swims in water, walks on land, and flies through the air.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:07 PM	#345
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Contrary to popular belief, elephants are not afraid of mice, and they do not have any better memory than any other animal.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:07 PM	#346
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Despite being a nine-inch-tall bird, the roadrunner can run as fast as a human sprinter.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:07 PM	#347
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	While there are hundreds of species of sharks, only about seven are marketed and eaten with any regularity in the United States.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:08 PM	#348
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The largest species of seahorse measures 8 inches.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:08 PM	#349
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	A camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight in perspiration and continue to cross the desert. A human would die of heat shock after sweating away only 12 percent of body weight.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:08 PM	#350
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	There are about 500 different kinds of cone snails around the world. All have a sharp, modified tooth that stabs prey with venom like a harpoon. Most cone snails hunt worms and other snails, but some eat fish. These are the ones most dangerous to people. The nerve toxin that stops a fish is powerful enough to also kill a human.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:08 PM	#351
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The leech has 32 brains, 32 more than most humans.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:08 PM	#352
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The blow of a whale has a strong, foul odor. It apparently smells like a combination of spoiled fish and old oil. Because whales have such terrible breath, sailors believed at one time that a whiff of it could cause brain disorders.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:08 PM	#353
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The last of a cat's senses to develop is sight.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#354
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Mussels can thrive in polluted water because of an inborn ability to purify bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#355
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Because birds carrying messages were often killed in flight by hawks, medieval Arabs made a habit of sending important messages twice.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#356
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	Since housecats are clean and their coats are dry and glossy, their fur easily becomes charged with electricity. Sparks can be seen if their fur is rubbed in the dark.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#357
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	The jackrabbit is not a rabbit; it is a hare.
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12-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#358
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	A house cat has 18 claws.
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544

12-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#359
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	A castrated rooster is called a capon.
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12-20-2005, 05:10 PM	#360
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,544	A skark's skeleton is made up of cartilage.
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