Animal Facts

The following information about animals is 100% true. It has to be, because I got the information off the Internet. And we all know that everything on the Internet is fact. Thusly, I don't want to hear any disputing of my factual facts of truthly truth.

The African elephant possesses such "manual" dexterity in their trunk's tip that they can actually turn the pages of a book with it.
Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.
Giraffes fall six feet when they're born. (Nice way to start your life!)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
The discharge from an electric eel can pack 650 volts (Enough to give a painful shock to an elephant!)
A lion's roar can be heard 10 miles away.
The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.
The octopus's testes are located in its head. (Imagine the social problems if this were the case of humans!)
A skunk will not bite and throw its scent at the same time. (This is good to know, because if a skunk is gnawing off your leg, you won't need to worry about being sprayed)
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
Killer whales have such a good sense of touch that if you dropped a pill into a bucket of fish and feed it to the orca it will eat the fish and spit out the pill.
You can tell a turtle's gender by its sound. Males grunt, females hiss.
The flesh of alligators is white and tender, but has a musky taste.
Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet. (Can you imagine being swooped down on by one of these bad boys! Yikes!)
When a snake is born with two heads the heads fight each other for food. (Apparently they don't know they have the same stomach!)
An elephants penis is 4 to 5 feet long. The longest of any animal. (Makes you feel a little jealous doesn't it?)
A camel's backbone is just as straight as a horse's.
The dolphins that live in the Amazon River are pink.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
The elephant is the only animal with four knees.
Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank full of human blood. (This is something I would like to see. Well maybe not.)
Sheep will not drink from running water. (Picky little crybaby animals!)
The largest insects that ever lived on the earth were giant dragonflies with wing spans of over 3 feet.
The horn of the rhinoceros is not bone, it is hair packed very tightly together.
The male scorpion fly gets other males to bring him food by imitating a female fly. (Those silly transvestite flys!)
More people are killed by pigs and bees each year than by sharks.
The longest recorded chicken flight was by a headless chicken!
To reach rivers and lakes where they spend most of their lives, many newborn eels swim for up to 3,000 miles nonstop.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (You're jealous!)
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky unaided.
Worldwide, bats are the most important natural enemies of night-flying insects.
Under optimum conditions, one female cockroach can produce two million offspring in one year. Average breeding session produces 350,000 offspring. (Aren't they cute?)
Because its eyes are on the side of its head, a rabbit can see behind itself without turning its head.
In the state of Nebraska, there are more cows than people!
A cat's tongue does not have the ability to taste sweets. (Which is why they're always ornery, I'll bet.)