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Fun Animal Facts

Here are some fun, weird or funny animal facts.

There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth.

Which is the world's smallest mammal?
The bumblebee bat of Thailand. It weighs less than a penny.

Everyone knows the blood of mammals is red and the blood of insects is usually yellow. But what color is the blood of lobsters?
Blue.

Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths worldwide?
The mosquito.

A cockroach can live a week without its head. The roach only dies because without a mouth, it can’t drink water and dies of thirst.

Cockroaches can swim, but coming up for air is difficult since they breathe through their sides, not their noses or mouths. But that is not much of a problem since a cockroach can hold its breath for about 40 minutes.

The venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that of a rattlesnake.

The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.

Did you know that the poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers?

By the way, snakes are immune to their own poison.

The honey bee kills more people worldwide than all the poisonous snakes combined.

Every morning an antelope wakes up knowing it has to outrun the fastest cougar or it will be killed.

Every morning a cougar wakes up knowing it has to outrun the slowest antelope or it will starve.

So, whether you're a cougar or an antelope, when the sun comes up, you'd better hit the ground running.

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