Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Snakes are true carnivorous because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material.

There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.

The poison arrow frogs of South and Central America are the most poisonous animals in the world.

A new born blue whale measures 20-26 feet (6.0 - 7.9 meters) long and weighs up to 6,614 pounds (3003 kg).

The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.

Porcupines float in water.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds

Shrimp's hearts are in their heads.

Starfish don't have brains.

The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.

The highest temperature on Earth was 136°F (58°C) in Libya in 1922.

The North Atlantic gets 1 inch wider every year.

Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.

Every year in the US, 625 people are struck by lightning.

Just twenty seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon.

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