Category: Animal World
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What are some interesting facts about tigers?
Meet the animal whose tongue is hard and rough enough to tear off one’s skin to the bones. Tigers The tiger’s tongue is covered with numerous small, sharp, rear-facing projections called papillae. These papillae give the tongue its rough, rasping texture and is designed to help strip feathers, fur and meat from prey. The tongue…
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Which is the oldest dog in the world?
According to the Guinness World Records, the oldest dog on record was another Australian dog named Bluey, who was 29 years and five months. Bluey died in 1939. Bluey – or, known by his full name as Bluey Les Hall – lived from 7 June 1910 to 14 November 1939. He was owned by Les…
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How good is a dog’s sense of hearing than humans?
Dogs have a keen sense of hearing. In fact, they are capable of hearing sounds four times further away than the human ear can discern. Their ears are also better designed to gather more available sound waves. They have 15 different muscles that move their ears in all directions. Plus they can move one ear…
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Do Dogs Dream?
If you’ve ever watched your dog twitching, chattering or moving their paws while sleeping, you may have wondered if they are dreaming. The answer is yes. Dogs do dream. While we know that humans regularly dream during their sleep, for many years it was unclear if animals did. So scientists monitored the brains of rats…
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What is the difference between a squid and an octopus?
Squids and octopuses are cephalopods, members that fall under the Cephalopoda. But unlike mollusks, they do not have shells. Their blood is blue due to the presence of copper in it, and they also have three hearts each. But octopuses and squids differ in their physical characteristics, habitat, and behaviour. An octopus has a round…
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A caterpillar or worm? Can you tell the difference?
It’s easy to think caterpillars and worms are the same. After all, they’re both usually slow-moving, and long and squiggly with the caterpillars even have the word worm in their name, adding to the confusion. But while they have a few similarities, caterpillars and worms are basically different creatures. Similarities Both caterpillars and worms can…
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Do animals laugh?
Laughter is the instinctive expression of amusement. We laugh by making sounds and movements of the face. Laughter is rhythmic, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. To answer the question “Do animals laugh?”, animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, rats, dogs and dolphins display behavior that is…
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How wood frogs freeze?
Wood frogs inhabit parts of the U.S., Canada and the Arctic Circle which means, they must be prepared to deal with sub-zero temperatures. While different animals do different things – such as burrowing underground and migrating to warmer places – to escape the cold, creatures such as wood frogs embrace it – they simple freeze!…
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Who are wombats?
Odd-looking, but cuddly The pudgy and furry wombat is one of the oddest-looking animals on Earth – rather like a pig, bear and koala all rolled into one. There are three species of wombat: the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), the northern hairy-nosed wombat (Laisorhinus krefftii), and the Southern hairy nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons). You will…
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How do animals communicate?
Strange are the ways of the animal world. We think animals are “dumb”, but they have surprising ways of talking to each other. How do animals say “Hey, want to play chase-the-tail?” or “You think we can eat this?” Animal languages don’t have names and we can’t tell what they are saying, but we do…