Аnimals and insects

"Orangutan" translates as "man of the jungle" in some languages ​​of Africa.

99% of the living creatures that ever inhabited the Earth are dead.

Forests are affected by the contraceptives.

During the First World War, South African monkey received a medal and even was awarded a military rank Corporal.

Hippopotamuses are the heaviest mammals on our planet after the elephants. Weight up to 4 tons.

 

Dolphins sleep with one  open eye.

Wild geese are monogamous.

Crocodiles kill more than a thousand people each year on the banks of the Nile.

When a giraffe's baby is born, it falls from a height of 6ft, usually without being hurt.

Rats appeared on Earth 48 million years earlier than people.

 

Sloths spend 75% of their lives sleeping.

Favorite horse of Napoleon Bonaparte was called Marengo.

 There are about 4000 species of frogs.

Bass inhabiting the Black Sea, in his youth were primarily female, after they become five annual change sex to male.

About 70% of living beings on Earth are bacteria.

There are about 400 breeds of dogs.

 

Armadillos are the only animals who suffer from leprosy, except man.

In China, most snakes hunt for the preparation of dishes in India because of their skin, and in Burma to prepare antidotes.

In the family of lions, 90% of the lionesses hunt prey.

The weight of the ostrich egg can reach 360 pounds.