What I Learnt Today : 10 Unknown Amazing Facts About Animals - Part CXXXI

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(1) Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.

(2) Koala bears aren’t bears: They’re marsupials.

(3) Cobras are able to kill with a bite as soon as they are born.

(4) A leech has three separate jaws, each with 100 tiny, razor-sharp teeth to bite through skin and suck blood.

King Cobra
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(5) A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.

(6) Lobsters pee out of their faces.

(7) The Sun Bear has the longest tongue of all bear species - 20-25 centimetres (8 to 10 inches) long.

Giant Lobster

Sun Bear
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(8) There are over 2700 types of snakes in the world and they live in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, lakes.

(9) The Grizzly bear’s name comes from the word “grizzled” which means ‘streaked with gray hair’.

(10) In 1924 a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine!

Olive Sea Snake

Grizzly bear
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reference : http://www.thefactsite.com/2010/09/300-random-animal-facts.html

http://list25.com/25-amazing-facts-you-didnt-know-about-animals/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kasiagalazka/surprising-facts-about-animals

http://www.boredpanda.com/happy-animal-facts/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/86578/50-incredible-animal-facts-youll-want-share

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/50-weird-facts-from-the-animal-kingdom/ss-BBr2HCT#image=2

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