Dr: knowledge tell you again what you didn't know about
Animals
Mammals are the only animals with flaps around the ears.
There are about one billion cattle in the world of which 200 million are in India.
A house fly lives only 14 days.
A dog was the first in space and a sheep, a duck and a rooster the first to fly in a hot
air balloon.
The Big Five is a group of animals of Africa: cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino.
The oldest breed of dog is the Saluki.
The bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest bird in the world.
An ostrich can run up to 43mph (70 km/h).
An annoyed camel will spit at a person.
The world’s smallest dog is the Chihuahua, which means “tiny dog in the sky.”
Pea crabs (the size of a pea) are the smallest crabs in the world.
75% of wild birds die before they are 6 months old.
The pig is rated the fourth most intelligent animal but are mentioned only twice in the
Bible
Sheep are mentioned 45 times and goats 88 times in the Bible. Dogs are mentioned 14
times and lions 89 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned.
Pork is the world’s most widely-eaten meat.
In Denmark there are twice as many pigs as people.
The coyote is a member of the dog family and its scientific name, “canis latrans” means barking dog.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 50cm (20 in) tongue
