# SOME AMAZING FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANIMALS

in #animals7 years ago (edited)

Sometimes we should asked ourself some facts about other animals with low esteem what facts do they holds in the animal kingdom. Some low esteem animal have some amazing facts that you will ever imagine.

HERE ARE SOME LOW ESTEEM ANIMALS WITH AMAZING FACTS

OSTRICH

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The ostrich or common ostrich (Struthio camelus) is either one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio, which is in the ratite family.

The ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird. As its species name, camelus, suggests, the ostrich was once known as the “camel bird” because of its long neck, prominent eyes, and sweeping eyelashes.

facts you need to know about ostrich

• One ostrich egg equals up to 24 chicken eggs, and takes approximately 2 hours to boil.

• ostriches can run at a speed over 70 km/h (43 mph) and can cover 3 to 5 m (9.8 to 16.4 ft) in a single stride.

• Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like lions.

ELEPHANT

Elephants are large mammals of the family
Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea . Three species are currently recognized: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana ), the African forest elephant ( L. cyclotis ), and the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ).

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facts you need to know about elephant

• Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away.

• elephant are also one of the three mammals that undergo menopause – the other two being humpback whales and human females.

CROCODILE

Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia . Crocodylinae, all of whose members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily . A broader sense of the term crocodile, Crocodylidae that includes Tomistoma.

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facts about crocodile

• crocodile have the strongest bite that can smash the head of a bull in just one bite.

•crocodile can live up to 3yrs without food and still grows.

• Crocodiles can move quickly over short distances, even out of water.

FROG

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura.

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facts you need to know about frogs

• frogs can jump over 20 times their own body length; that is like a human jumping 30m.

• frogs can stay up to 16 months without food due to their moist skin that water passed through.

• A frog’s call is unique to its species, and some frog calls can be heard up to a mile away.

SNAKES

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales.

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facts you need to know about snakes

• Snakes have flexible jaws which allow them to eat prey bigger than their head.

• snakes can stay up-to 1 year without food.

• snakes are the only reptile that do not bite you anywhere, they bite only where the blood veins passes.

DOGS

The domestic dog is a member of the genus Canis, which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.

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• Dogs are the only animal that his hearing is 4 times afar compare to that of humans.

• Dogs are the only animal that can smell the feelings of humans.

• Dogs can stay up-to 117 days without food and still lives.

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