A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.
A giraffe's sticky, black tongue can be more than 18 inches long and is used to gather food into the mouth. Males typically feed with their head and neck at full vertical stretch, often with their tongues extended to reach the shoots on the underside of the mature tree canopy. Females feed at the body or knee height, with their necks curled over.
A good milking cow will give nearly 6,000 quarts of milk every year.
A group of bees can be called either a hive, a swarm, or a grist.
A group of foxes is called a skulk.
A wild cat, known as "the fishing cat" actually swims to catch fish. Called the Bengali Mach-Bagral, nature gave this cat extra-long claws, which it uses like fishhooks. The fishing cat is found in Nepal, Burma, Southern China and parts of India.
A wolf's odor detecting ability is 100 times greater than man's.
A woodchuck breathes only ten times per hour while hibernating, while an active woodchuck breathes 2,100 times an hour.
A young male fur seal that is kept from the breeding grounds by the older males is called a bachelor.
A young pigeon that has not yet flown is a squab.
About 24 newborn opossums can fit in a teaspoon. They are about .07 ounce at birth.
According to experts, squirrels don't like to head straight for anything. For safety, they may run past and sweep around from the side.
According to several studies, less than 3 percent of the tiger population become man-eaters.
According to the National Wild Turkey Federation, the number of wild turkeys in the U.S. has increased from an all time low of 30,000 to more than 4 million today. One state park in Iowa now boasts more than 100 turkeys per square mile.
According to zoology experts, there is no real difference between doves and pigeons. The choice of name rests almost altogether on custom and geography, although the smaller of the species is, more often than not, called a dove.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
A herd of sixty cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a day.
A hibernating woodchuck breathes only ten times per hour. An active woodchuck breathes 2,100 times an hour.
A hippopotamus can open its mouth wide enough to accommodate a 4-foot-tall child.
A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
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