Centipedes always have an odd number of legs
15 or 17 pairs of legs
Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. i.e. 15 or 17 pairs of legs (30 or 34 legs) but never 16 pairs (32 legs). ..
Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. i.e. 15 or 17 pairs of legs (30 or 34 legs) but never 16 pairs (32 legs). ..
Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food. Rats can produce 100 of babies in quickest time. ..
The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head. It is a pronounced parietal eye, dubbed the "third eye", whose current function is a subject of ongoing research. To add up, they are able to hear ..
To protect their eyes, Owls are equipped with 3 eyelids. They have a normal upper and lower eyelid, the upper closing when the owl blinks, and the lower closing up when the Owl is asleep. The third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane, and is a thin layer of ..
The heart of an adult giraffe weighs on average 22 pounds. A giraffe's heart, which can weigh up to 10 kg (22 lb) and measure about 60 cm (2 ft) long. In comparision, the weight of a human heart is between 200 g - 450 g, however approximately 300 g. ..
In 2008 a new species of Lobster was located off the cost of Easter Island by Census of Marine Life. It was found 2300 meters down in the ocean and is completely white with no eyes. This blind lobster represents just one of the 5,300 likely new marine species identified over ..
There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland. Not just that No Mosquito in Iceland, or ants and also no butterflies. No reptiles or amphibians inhabit the island. ..
A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate. Female ferrets will go into extended heat and a female that will not mate will die of a plastic anemia. ..
A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night. ..
A chameleon's tongue is as long as its body and head and can shoot it out as fast as sixteen feet per second. ..
A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length. ..
It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats. ..
The badgers have been named the most fearless animal in the Guinness Book of World Records. See here how the honey badger fight a cobra. ..
The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal. ..
North American Opossum act dead when threatened: When threatened or harmed, they will "play possum", mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. The lips are drawn back, teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, and a foul-smelling fluid is secreted from the anal glands. ..