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

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(1)When puppies play fight, boy puppies will often let girl puppies win.

(2) The claws of a mantis shrimp can accelerate as quickly as a .22-caliber bullet.

(3) This is their way of coping with three months of constant summer sunlight followed by another three months of winter darkness. During summers, reindeer eyes reflect most of the light through the retina and thus appear golden in color. In winters, enhanced night vision kicks in and a layer of tissue appears behind the retina making it look blue.

(4) On an average, a bald eagle's nest is roughly eight feet (2 meters) wide and 13 feet (3.9 meters) deep and can weigh up to a ton. In fact, a bald eagle's nest found in 1925 weighed almost two tons.

bald eagle
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(5) Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels.

(6) Relative to their body size, chameleons have the longest tongues in the animal kingdom. The reptile keeps its tongue rolled up like a rope inside the mouth and unfurls it accelerating up to a speed of 13 mph (20 km/h) to attack its victim.

(7) Cats sleep 18-20 hours a day. And they sleep near 70% of their lives.

Reindeer

chameleons have the longest tongues in the animal kingdom
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(8) Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.

(9) Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

(10) Female polar bears normally start having baby cubs at the age of four or five.

Emu and kangaroo

polar 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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