Our world is full of wonderful and amazing animals! These amazing creatures have some adaptations that may seem strange to us, but are necessary for the animal to survive. These adaptations may be defense mechanisms that help the animal avoid predators or they may help the animal obtain food for itself. Here are ten interesting facts about animals that I think might surprise you.
Interesting Animal Facts
1. Frogs have eardrums on the outside of their heads. While frogs do not have external ears like humans, they do have an inner ear, a middle ear, and an outer eardrum or tympanum.
2. Sea otters always float on their tails when they eat. These marine mammals swim on their tails and feed on creatures including mussels, ocean imps, bones and draggers. Their veritably thick fur protects them from the cold water while feeding.
3. Polar bears look white, but their skin is black. Unlike other bears, its fur is transparent and reflects visible light. This allows polar bears, which live in arctic tundra, to blend in with the snow-covered environment.
4. Snakes keep their eyes open even while sleeping. Snakes cannot close their eyes because they do not have eyelids. They have eye scales that cover their eyes and they shed when snakes blow their skin.
5. Crickets have ears on their front legs. Located just below the knees, their ears are the smallest in the animal kingdom. Apart from crickets, locusts also have ears on their legs.
6. Aardvarks can hear and smell ants and ants. The aardvark uses its long tongue to reach deep into termites and anthills.
These animals can eat tens of thousands of insects in one night.
7. A cobra can bite as soon as it is born. The venom of a child cobra is as strong as that of an adult cobra. Their bite is dangerous because cobras can inject a large amount of venom in one bite. Cobra venom contains a neurotoxin that affects the central nervous system and can cause paralysis, respiratory failure, and death.
8. Flamingos have knees that can bend backwards. In fact, what appear to be her knees are actually her ankles and heels. A flamingo's knee is close to its body and hidden under its wings.
9. Prawns catch by surprising their prey with a loud noise made by their claws. The sound is so loud that it stuns or kills its prey. The sound emitted by pistol crab tentacles can be as loud as 210 decibels, which is louder than a gunshot.
10. Some species of Australian flower spiders eat their mothers when food becomes limited. The mother spider sacrifices herself by encouraging her young to attack her, disintegrate her from the inside, and feed on her body.
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