posted April 26, 2003 01:57 AM         

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why

In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways

Dogs will yawn in order to express that there is a conflict of interest between their own ideas or desires and those of their owners.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

Elephants can't jump, however, every other mammal can.

Cows fart on average about 300 times a day

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white

There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

The duckbill platypus (male) is the only venomous mammal in the world.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten: but dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears.

Dolphins don't automatically breath, they have to tell themselves to

Termites are affected by music. They will eat your house twice as fast if you play loud music.

Relative to their weight and size, birds are stronger than people

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license

Polar bears are left handed

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

All porcupines float in water