Facts About Elephants

Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. This male weighed about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb), with a shoulder height of 4.2m (13.8 ft), a metre (3 ft 4 in) taller than the average male African elephant. They are symbols of wisdom in Asian cultures, and are famed for their exceptional memory and high intelligence.

Basic Facts about Elephants

The name of an adult male is referred to as a bull

The name of an adult female is referred to as a cow

The name or offspring, or a baby Elephant, is a calf

The average size of a litter is just one elephant

The collective name for a group of Elephants is a herd

The sounds made by an adult Elephant are referred to as grunts, purrs, bellows, whistles and trumpeting

Facts about the Size of Male African Elephants

A fully grown adult reaches the height of 10 - 13 feet

Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep

Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep. (REM = rapid eye movement)

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Most dolphins who are forced to stay at zoo's

Most dolphins who are forced to stay at zoo's and aquariums end up committing suicide.

Survive the experience of being frozen

Certain frogs can survive the experience of being frozen.

A dog or cat can see any type of paranormal activity

A dog or cat can see any type of paranormal activity, which is why they bark at the air when they sense a paranormal entity.

Animal Facts

• Did you know a bear has 42 teeth.
• Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
• Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales.
• Did you know rabbits like licorice.
• Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
• Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex
• Did you know reindeer like bananas
• Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
• Did you know birds need gravity to swallow
• Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
• Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
• Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep
• Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
• Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
• Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day
• Did you know all insects have 6 legs
• Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
• Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
• Did you know cats have over 100 vocal chords
• Did you know camel's milk doesn't curdle

Cyclops

A one-eyed “Cyclops” shark fetus was recently found in a pregnant dusky shark!

The fastest known mammal muscles

The fastest known mammal muscles belong to bats, which use the muscles to send out echolocation calls.

A deep fear of humans

African lions have started to behave differently because of a deep fear of humans.

Whale milk is 50 percent fat

Whale milk is 50 percent fat - around 10 times the fat content of human milk.

Headless chicken

In the 1940s, a headless chicken lived for 18 months!

The Lion King

Originally, "The Lion King" was supposed to be called "King of the Jungle" - But, Disney realized lions live in the savanna, not jungle.

Horses

Horses started life about 55 million years ago as a creature no bigger than a pet cat! Officially, these early horses were called Hyracotherium*

90% of the hunting is done by female lions

90% of the hunting is done by female lions, while the males rest and later feast on what their female counterparts bring back!

Parrots

Parrots are as smart as a 3-year-old kid.

Elephant in the water

Each patch

Each patch on a giraffe contains a set of blood vessels that regulate heat, helpful in the desert.

Goldfish

Goldfish have better memories in colder water as opposed to warmer water.

Crocodiles swallows

Crocodiles swallow stones to aid digestion and buoyancy.