TRIVIA
* The lion costume in the movie, The Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
* Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.
* A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of unknown animal and plant species.
* The total combined weight of the world's ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
* "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.
* Camel's milk has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
* More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
* Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.
* The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68.
* In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes.
* A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
* The word animal is derived from the Latin "anima" = "soul" & "life".
* Mosquitos like damp clothes and the colour blue.
* If cows eat too many carrots, their milk tastes bitter.
* One tiny alfalfa leafcutter bee can pollinate carrots 20 times better than its larger, noisier, more irritable honey bee cousins.
* You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
* If a pig loses his voice is it disgruntled?
* An ant can survive for up to 2 weeks underwater.
* On an average day, a queen bee lays about 1500 eggs.
* Bees have been known to cure rheumatism.
* Vellum takes its name from the medieval paper it resembles that was made from animal skin.
* One of the medieval names for owl was "night hag"; it was said to be a witch in bird form.
* Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.
* A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of unknown animal and plant species.
* The total combined weight of the world's ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
* "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.
* Camel's milk has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
* More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
* Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.
* The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68.
* In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes.
* A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
* The word animal is derived from the Latin "anima" = "soul" & "life".
* Mosquitos like damp clothes and the colour blue.
* If cows eat too many carrots, their milk tastes bitter.
* One tiny alfalfa leafcutter bee can pollinate carrots 20 times better than its larger, noisier, more irritable honey bee cousins.
* You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
* If a pig loses his voice is it disgruntled?
* An ant can survive for up to 2 weeks underwater.
* On an average day, a queen bee lays about 1500 eggs.
* Bees have been known to cure rheumatism.
* Vellum takes its name from the medieval paper it resembles that was made from animal skin.
* One of the medieval names for owl was "night hag"; it was said to be a witch in bird form.
posted by Gail D Whitter at 12:31 p.m.
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