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Facts about Animals

There are so many cool thngs about animals

Animals are really cool majestic and weord cretures.First, we don't even know how many types of animals there are in the world, let alone how many individual animals there are. Scientists have recently estimated that there are approximately 8.7 million species on Earth. They believe that 1-2 million of those species are animals.

Facts about Dogs

A dog is as smart as a 2-year-old toddler Dogs and cats both slurp water the same way A dog's whiskers help him “see” in the dark. Dogs only have sweat glands in their paws. On average, a dog's mouth exerts 320 pounds of pressure.

Facts about some animals

    The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
    A snail can sleep for three years.
    The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.
    Slugs have four noses.
    Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
    A rhinoceros' horn is made of hair.
    It is possible to hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and gently stroking its stomach.
    It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food.
    Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
    A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.