A pair of pigeons or doves can produce up to 6 broods a year. Generally, the female lays one or two eggs,
The nest is never left unattended; the male sits on the nest from mid-morning until late afternoon, then the female takes over for the night. Both care for the young, which leave the nest after 7 to 28 days Longest recorded life span for koi fish: 226 years, radiated tortoise: 256 years, Galapagos tortoise: 175 years, bowhead whale: 200 years, Patagonian
toothfish: 50 years, geoduck: 160 years, Macaw bird: 109 years, pigeon: 35 years, lion: 30 years, elephant: 69 years, mouse: 4 years, and fruit fly: 153 days. - Armadillos always give birth to four identical pups at a time.
- Worker honey bees are all females and never slept.
- Queen bees lay 1500 eggs a day.
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Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.
- Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
- Cats are the most popular pets in the world;
there are over 600 million cats in homes worldwide.
- When cats are happy, they squeeze their eyes shut.
- The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
- The African cicada fly sleeps 17 years, wakes up, mates and then dies after 2 weeks.
- A cockroach can live up to 9 days without its head.
- Dalmatians are born spotless: at first pure white, their spots develop as they age.
- The world's oldest dog was an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey; it lived to the human age of 29 years and 5 months!
- The dog was one of the first animals domesticated by humans more than 10,000 years.
- There are approximately 68,000,000 dogs (and 73,000,000 cats) owned or treated as pets by American people.
- Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to do it.
- Dolphins have sex for reasons other than reproduction, sometimes also engage in homosexual behavior for pleasure.
- Earthworms have five hearts and no lung.
- The ferrets were domesticated by humans more than 500 years; they were trained as hunters, catching
rabbits and other small
rodents.
- Koalas have fingerprints that are similar (in pattern, shape and size) those of humans.
- The flea can jump 350 times its body length,
which is equivalent to a human jumping the length of a football field.
- Goldfish will turn white if it is left in a dark room for a long time.
- A lion's roar can be heard from five miles (26,400 ft) away.
- A lion can mate 20 to 40 times a day.
- Bonobo monkeys (pygmy chimpanzee) are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in all of the human sexual activities: face-to-face genital sex, tongue kissing, and oral sex.
- Starfish have complex nervous systems, but lack a true centralized brain.
- Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
They can live up to 5 to 10 years. Some have been known to live up to 15 years.
- The snake can see through its transparent eye lids when they are closed.
- Not only the fur of the tiger is striped
out but also its skin.
- United States turkey growers produced an estimated 271 million
turkeys in 2008.
- The blue whale is the loudest animal on Earth. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometers away.
- The Philadelphia zoo is the first zoo in the US. It opened its gates on July 1, 1874.
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