Animals

Some turtles can breathe through their butts.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.

Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.

Termites produce an estimated 9-15 million tons of methane annually, making them one of nature's most significant greenhouse gas producers despite their tiny size.

The oldest known individual animal was 'Ming' the ocean quahog clam, who lived for 507 years before being discovered off the coast of Iceland in 2006.

It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!

The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!

Lobsters have blue blood.

It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.

A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.

A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!

Alligators can live up to 100 years.

Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.

Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.

Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.

Researchers find new emperor penguin colonies by looking for their poop from a satellite in space.

Donkeys are commonly used by the Iraqi Rebels to launch rockets!

If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white