10 Interesting Facts About Animals

An integral part of our life are not only four-legged friends, but sometimes winged and crawling ones. Part of nature, which somehow has to coexist with us. We are with them too, but we do not know many interesting things about them. TOP-10 interesting facts about animals will tell about it.

1. Cow - methane gas station

It turns out that the average cow can produce 400 liters of methane per day. A walking methane gas station would be a good startup.

2. The bull is colorblind

Did you know that bulls are actually colorblind. You won't be able to pass their driving test. And waving a red rag in front of them is useless.

3. Crocodile - stone swallower

Crocodiles eat stones. Of course, except for fish, all sorts of birds, and other animals including crocodiles too. It is believed that they swallow stones for better diving, but who knows their quirks.

4. Goldfish - a girl's memory

Scientists have found that goldfish have a memory of 3 seconds. I wonder how they measured it.

5. Ants - bodyguard in a skirt

The ants left the work and protection to the females. The male ants were left only with mating. Many people decided that this was not the worst option and decided to take advantage of it

6. Ireland - no snakes!

Snake venom antidotes are not needed in Ireland, Iceland, Greenland and Antarctica because there are no snakes there.

7. Lost an eye? No problem!

If a snail loses an eye, it will grow a new one in less than a month. Our scientists still have something to strive for.

8. Hunger is not an aunt, even without a head...

A person can lose his head from feelings, but he will live. But if a cockroach loses it, he will live until he dies of hunger.

9. Breathe deeper, or better yet, with your whole body.

Insects are the ones who live life to the fullest. They don't have lungs, but they breathe with all the cells of their body.

 

10. Excess weight? Better to disappear a kilometer deep.

Due to their ascetic life, giant squids were only captured alive on camera in 2006. They weigh half a ton and live at depths of 200 meters to a kilometer. Their eyes are the size of a basketball.