25 Strangest facts about animals

There are many strange facts about animals that we may not have known before. Some animals are so unusual that their strangeness is hard to believe. Here are some of the strangest facts about animals:

1. The world’s longest animal is the whale shark, which can grow up to 40 meters in length and weigh over 100 tons.

2. The smallest animal on earth is the tardigrade, which is just 0.002 millimeters in length and can live for more than 30 years without food or water!

3. There are more than 100,000 species of insects on Earth, but only 1% have been discovered so far!

4. Aardvarks have the strongest bite of any mammal.

5. Bats can sleep while they fly.

6. Giraffes have no vocal chords and no nose.

7. Polar bears are left-handed.

8. The world’s smallest horse, a miniature called a Shetland Pony, is only 3 feet tall and can weigh up to 300 pounds.

9. Whales have blue blood and don’t need oxygen as humans do because they have high levels of carbon dioxide in their bloodstreams.

10. The average dog’s heart beats 100 times per minute on average, while humans’ hearts beat at 60-70 times per minute.

11. The dog can hear the ticking of the clock when it is 40 feet away.

12. Snakes don’t use their tongues to eat, but rather to sense the world around them.

13. A lion’s roar can be heard from 8 km away.

14. The record set by a chicken to keep flying so far is only 13 seconds.

15. The head of a snake can sting even after half an hour has passed since its amputation.

16. Hedgehog fingerprints are very similar to human fingerprints.

17. An owl can turn its head in both directions at an angle of 270 degrees.

18. Scientists have noticed that ants “yawn” like humans when they wake up in the morning.

19. If a giraffe slips and falls to the ground with its legs spread apart, it will not be able to get up again and can remain like this until it dies.

20. shrimp’s heart is located in it’s head.

21. A kangaroo does not drink water and dies if it drinks it. It quenches its thirst by secreting its body for water from the grains it eats.

22. The crocodile cannot remove its tongue from its mouth, and the only thing that moves its upper mouth during food is the rest of the living creatures move its lower jaw.

23. Ducks are one of the strangest birds on earth. Their voice has no echo, and scientists have been unable to find out why until now.

24. All ants on earth weigh the same as all humans.

25. A snail can sleep for three years at a time.