Biology Facts & Trivia - Page 4The blue whale can produce the loudest sound produced by an animal - up to 188 decibels - and detected as far away as 853 kms (530mi). The giraffe is one of the quietest animals: it has no vocal chords to make any noise. Sciensational.com A goldfish (like most marine fish) can survive in a tank full of human blood. In seahorses, it's the male who gives birth to the young. Sciensational.com You shed and regrow your skin every 28 days, that's about 1000 times in a lifetime. The shark has to keep moving to stay alive. Sciensational.com An iguana always lands on its feet. Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms, that's a 6ft tall person jumping 780 ft in the air. Sciensational.com The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times each year. The liver is the only organ able to regenerate itself completely. Sciensational.com |
A fish never closes its eyes. Only female mosquitoes bite people. Sciensational.com The Reticulated Pythons are the world's longest snake and also the longest reptile. 95% of all the animal species on the earth are insects. The human brain is 75% water. If you shrunk a car to the size of a roach, the roach could outrun the car. Roaches can run about 200 scale miles per hour. A lobster has a sense of smell about 1000 times keener than a human. 95% of all animals are invertebrates (without a backbone or spinal column). Frogs eat their skin after they shed it. Porcupines float in water. |