Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. - Nairaland General (2)

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Polar3: 1:01pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
4.Like humans Elephants also experience Menopause

[url]elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/Life_Cycles/Adult/adult.html[/url]

now we believe mynd1 aint a man hehe

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Destined2win: 1:02pm On Apr 06, 2016

Interesting!

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Terror666(m): 1:03pm On Apr 06, 2016

More!!!!!

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Aroh48(m): 1:04pm On Apr 06, 2016

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Hassasin(op): 1:07pm On Apr 06, 2016

ashkenking:
soundless dog. . wish to own 1 of dat

The breed is very common in congo DR. They can't bark because there throat (larynx) is thin. So instead of barking, they baroo

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Polar3: 1:09pm On Apr 06, 2016

ashkenking:
soundless dog. . wish to own 1 of dat

make sure u keep all ur jewelries n dough in da bank..

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Jayboltz(m): 1:10pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
2.A group of parrots is called a PANDEMONIUM

little wonder why dere is always PANDEMONIUM in our PARLIAMENTRY sessions,wen we have group of parrots n owls fr senators..

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Liljeez(m): 1:10pm On Apr 06, 2016

Polar3:
now we believe mynd1 aint a man hehe

Who said mynd1 is a man before

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by stubbornman(m): 1:11pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
7.The Basenji is the only specie of Dogs that do not bark and hence it is nicknamed the "soundless dog"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basenji

Cc. Lalasticlala, mynd44, obinoscopy.

if e no dey bark wetin I dey carry am do nah.

abeg aniete come carry huh

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Nobody: 1:13pm On Apr 06, 2016

Obinoscopy:
Nice.

Don't forget to include your source when you're done.

i never knew you are still around. Silent mod

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Nobody: 1:15pm On Apr 06, 2016

ok. the angler fish has to be the most disgusting

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by GeniusDavid(m): 1:19pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
6.In china killing a panda can attract a death sentence.

www.ibtimes.co.uk/panda-killers-china-prosecuted-may-face-death-penalty-1520971

Kungfu Panda grin

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Cuteamigo1(m): 1:26pm On Apr 06, 2016

the part that says killing a panda can attract the death penalty
is some major BS. and yet thier country is know as the central market of potched animal parts.

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Halimacurves(f): 1:26pm On Apr 06, 2016

more na

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Hassasin(op): 1:30pm On Apr 06, 2016

stubbornman:
if e no dey bark wetin I dey carry am do nah.

abeg aniete come carry

It is mostly used for hunting, and is quiet resistant to common dog ailments.

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Cuteamigo1(m): 1:31pm On Apr 06, 2016

op here is my fact. butterflies taste with thier feet.

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Hassasin(op): 1:32pm On Apr 06, 2016

Cuteamigo1:
the part that says killing a panda can attract the death penalty
is some major BS. and yet thier country is know as the central market of potched animal parts.

Selling of exotic animal meat in china is a very serious offence. That doesn't mean it is not done, it means it is risky.

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Nobody: 1:32pm On Apr 06, 2016

Lilimax:
Na real pandemonium You go fear the kain noise you hear in there midst.
Very educative thread! Thanks for sharing @ OP

they will frustrate yu ehn. parrots!

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Cuteamigo1(m): 1:37pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
Selling of exotic animal meat in china is a very serious offence. That doesn't mean it is not done, it means it is risky.

yes but thier authorities even after being a serious offence let it slide that why most of the Lions, tiger, leopards and rhino horns are potched and sold to Chinese clients.

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by kingenry(m): 1:54pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
6.In china killing a panda can attract a death sentence.

www.ibtimes.co.uk/panda-killers-china-prosecuted-may-face-death-penalty-1520971

China owns all the panda in the world. I marvelled when I read this days ago.

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by gbrown(m): 2:09pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
Sorry, just had a small network issue.

network ke! Network ni! Abeg nah mb finish

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Kelklein(m): 2:19pm On Apr 06, 2016*

Let me add these:

Wild dolphins call each other by name.

Octopuses have three hearts .

Butterflies can taste with their feet.https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/7/9/21/enhanced-buzz-301-1373418145-11.jpg

Young goats pick up accents from each other

Owls don't have eyeballs. They have eye tubes.

Dogs' sense of smell is about
100,000 times stronger than humans', but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds.

Male Gentoo penguins "propose" to females by giving them a pebble.https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/10/10/enhanced-buzz-orig-21246-1373466849-31.jpg

Polar bears have black skin

A human brain operates on about
15 watts.

source: buzzfeed.com/animal_facts

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Myde4naija(m): 2:23pm On Apr 06, 2016

Interesting

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Kelklein(m): 2:28pm On Apr 06, 2016

Warmer weather causes more turtles to be born female than male.

African buffalo herds display voting behavior, in which individuals register their travel preference by standing up, looking in one direction and then lying back down. Only adult females can vote.

If a honeybee keeps waggle dancing in favor of an unpopular nesting site, other workers headbutt her to help the colony reach a consensus.

Honeybees can flap their wings 200 times every second.

The claws of a mantis shrimp can accelerate as quickly as a .22-caliber bullet.

A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair, but also five times stronger than steel of the same width. A rope just 2 inches thick could reportedly stop a Boeing 747.

Fourteen new species of dancing frogs were discovered in 2014, raising the global number of known dancing-frog species to 24.

A sea lion is the first nonhuman mammal with a proven ability to keep a beat.

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Kelklein(m): 2:36pm On Apr 06, 2016

cows have best friends like humans.

A group of flamingos is called a " flamboyance."

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Hassasin(op): 2:45pm On Apr 06, 2016

Kelklein:
cows have best friends like humans.

A group of flamingos is called a " flamboyance."

This got me laughing. Thanks for your contribution.

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by leofab(f): 2:51pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
5.A group of Owls is called a Parliament

now I see why nothing good comes from our parliament... Bunch of owls(senators/ reps).. undecided

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Kelklein(m): 2:52pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
This got me laughing. Thanks for your contribution.

You re welcome,,buddy.. nice thread!

Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Raydos(m): 2:55pm On Apr 06, 2016

[quote author=Hassasin post=44446223]4.Like humans Elephants also experience Menopause

So This Is The Reason Why My Elephant No Gree Pregnant Since All These Years, So Nah Menopause huh

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Kelklein(m): 2:56pm On Apr 06, 2016

Male pups will intentionally let female pups "win" when they play-fight so they can get to know them better. https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/7/10/12/enhanced-buzz-21942-1373473419-59.jpg

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Nobody: 2:58pm On Apr 06, 2016

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Re: Amazing Animal Facts You Never Knew. by Justycxx(m): 3:00pm On Apr 06, 2016

Hassasin:
8.A mayfly has a lifespan of roughly 8 hours. This means if a mayfly is given birth to by 8 in the morning, it has from then till 4 in the evening that same day to: grow, mature, mate and eventually die
Time is a mystery

[url]global.britannica.com/animal/mayfly[/url]

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