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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Amazing Animals!

If you are interested in finding out more about weird animal facts, read on!

First, let's talk about roaches. Once I mention the word 'roaches', I am sure things like cockroaches will come to your mind, but actually, there are a lot more about them! The world's largest roaches live in South America. They are six inches long and have a wingspan of about one foot. Roaches run up to three miles an hour, which is rather fast for small creatures. When female roaches mate once, they might be pregnant forever. Roaches can live without food for one month and one week without a head! Surprising, right? They only die when they have no mouth and die of thirst.

Now, let's talk about parrots. The African Grey Parrot is the best talker in the world. They can say 1000 words! Other parrots can say up to 500 words.

Hedgehogs might seem like small animals to you, but guess what, they eat small birds, lizards, frogs, snakes, mice and even carrion! Their normal heartbeat is 190 times a minute but when they hibernate in winter, the rate is only 20 times a minute!

A chameleon's eyes move independently, they can see two different directions at the same time! They can also camouflage themselves so well that you may not even know that they are there!

An eagle's eyeballs are about 35mm wide while a human's eyeballs are only 24mm wide. That means they have really huge eyes. They can see about 2 to 3.6 times better than humans!

A spider not only has 8 legs, it also has eight eyes!

So, now we know, some animals are really amazing!