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4201/ Kittens can clock an amazing
31 miles per hour at full speed, and can cover about three
times their body length per leap.
4202/ Duroc is one American breed
of hardy hog having drooping ears - it was allegedly named
after the horse owned by the hog's breeder.
4203/ Each eye of the chameleon
is independent of the other. The lizard can watch and study
two totally different pictures at the same time.
4204/ Rattlesnakes gather in
groups to sleep through the winter. Sometimes up to 1,000
of them will coil up together to keep warm.
4205/ It takes the deep-sea clam
100 years to grow to a length of one-third inch.
4206/ It takes an average of
345 squirts to yield a gallon of milk from a cow's udder.
4207/ Armadillos are the only
animal besides humans that can get leprosy.
4208/ The tuatara lizard of New
Zealand has three eyes - two in the centre of its head and
one on top.
4209/ The tuatara's metabolism
is so slow they only have to breathe once an hour.
4210/ The octopus's testicles
are located in its head.
4211/ The giant cricket of Africa
enjoys eating human hair.
4212/ Tarantulas cannot spin
webs.
4213/ Tarantulas do not use muscles
to move their legs. They control the amount of blood pumped
into them to extend and retract their legs.
4214/ Male bees will try to attract
sex partners with orchid fragrance.
4215/ Human birth control pills
work on gorillas.
4216/ Iguanas, Koalas and Komodo
Dragons all have two penises.
4217/ After eating, the housefly
regurgitates its food and eats it again.
4218/ A chameleon's tongue is
twice the length of its body.
4219/ Certain frogs can be frozen
solid, then thawed, and continue living.
4220/ The pupil of an octopus's
eye is rectangular.
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