The animal world and kingdom is not only full of fascinating beings and incredible phenomena but also curious facts that can cause the mind to explode. Here we tell you what some of them are and why they are so interesting.
Curiosities of the animal kingdom
- Elephants are immense and totally spectacular animals in our eyes, yet they weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale. Another fact is that these incredible animals cannot jump.
- Likewise, elephants have the ability to find water and locate rain in a range of 250 km. When one of these animals finds a reservoir of water, it warns by low-frequency growls to the rest of the herd.
- Cats' snouts are like human fingerprints. There are no two identical cat noses.
- Some ants can make their bellies grow up to a centimeter to reserve nectar, that is, a mixture of water and sugar that serves as food. Thus, when the rest of the ants need nectar, they turn to their companions to feed.
- Pandas and anteaters are real hungry. The former can spend up to 12 hours a day eating food and can eat at least 12 kilos of bamboo. On the other hand, anthills can eat an average of 35,000 ants a day.
- Believe it or not, ostriches are one of the strongest animals in the animal kingdom. Its legs have enough muscular strength to kill a person or a lion.
- Giraffes are the only species of mammal that does not make any sound to communicate.
- Scorpions are the only animals in the animal kingdom that commit suicide . They do it when they cannot escape a dangerous situation. They are rarely killed by another animal.
- Bees are so smart that they can recognize human faces. They have been shown to do the same as we do. They examine the face as a whole and not as separate elements.
- Seahorses are monogamous animals, that is, they can live and mate with the same partner for life. In addition, the male is the one that carries the young during the gestation period.
