Unusual Animal Facts #04

in bird •  6 years ago 

When a mother cormorant feels her offspring are ready to leave the nest, she makes sure this happens by destroying the nest completely.

The largest egg is laid by the ostrich. An ostrich egg can be 8 in (20 cm) in length and 6 in (15 cm) in diameter.

The smallest egg is laid by the humming-bird. Its egg is less than 0.39 in (1 cm) in diameter.

A blind chameleon is still able to change the color of its skin to match its environment.

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Bald eagles can swim.

A zebra is white with black stripes, not black with white stripes.

The bird-eating spider from South America can have a legspan of 1 ft (30 cm).

Statistically you are more likely to be attacked by a cow than a shark.

An eagle can kill and carry an animal as large as a small deer.

At birth, a giant panda is smaller than a mouse.

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Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years. Cats have lived with people for only 7,000 years.

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