Facts about all organisms

•  Sharks are immune to cancer 
• An orca whale can hold its breath for up to 15 minutes



Orca

• Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison
• The fur of the binturong, also known as the "Asian Bear Cat," smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail 



binturong

•  For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America



Carpenter ants

•  The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles
• Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell 



Scallops

•  A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
• A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs
• Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do
• The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
• The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half
• Chinese Crested dogs can get acne

  

  Chinese crested dogs
  

• Irish Wolfhound dogs have a short lifespan and live about 7-8 years
• Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days
• Emus cannot walk backwards
• The only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle
• Some octopuses have been known to eat their arms off when they are exposed to stressful situations
• The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton
• Some snails live on branches in trees
• An average city dog lives approximately three years longer than an average country dog
• Rabbits can live up to ten years
• Dumbest Dog: Afghan hound 



Afghan hound

•  The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal
• An armadillo can walk under water

  

  armadillo

• On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day
• The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark 

  

  Basenji dog

• A rabbit is not able to vomit
• Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph
• One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world
• The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds
• A leech has 32 brains
• Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery
• The biggest bug in the world is the Goliath Beetle which can weigh up to 3.5 ounces and be 4.5 inches long 

  

  Goliath Beetle

• Goats do not have upper front teeth
• Octopus and squid are thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates
• On average, a beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.
• The fastest shark is the "Shortfin Mako" which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour

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  Shortfin Mako

• Mosquitoes have teeth
• Panthers are known as black leopards, as they are the same species of leopard. If looked at closely, black spots can be seen on a panther
• Dolphins hear by having sound waves transmit through their skull to their inner ear region
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten
• A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow
• Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.
• A baby kangaroo is called a Joey
• True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets
• A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
• An oyster can change its gender
• Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human
• A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour
• The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness 

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  Barn Owls

• Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well
• The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days 



Lemon shark

• In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers
• A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed