10 Animals Facts everyone should know - Part 1

1. Feathered trafficking? 

Macaws are popular pets, but many species of macaw are endangered in the wild. This endangered status has led to laws forbidding wild capture and importation, making illegal trafficking of these birds on the black market a lucrative business.

2. Here’s a fact to bring to your next Thanksgiving dinner: Though the ‘gobble gobble’ sound is associated with all turkeys, typically it is only the male making this sound. Male turkeys perfect their unique ‘gobble’ sounds for turkey mating habits.

3. Contrary to Dracula’s claims, vampire bats DO want to suck your blood, but are far more likely to feed on cattle and horses than people. The bite of a vampire bat will not drain its victim of enough blood to cause harm, but can cause a nasty infection.

4. Cockatiels are monogamous birds that pair off young and remain loyal to each other throughout the year. Though already paired up, they still engage in vocalizations and body language of mating rituals when mating season begins.

5. Domestic cats spend over 50% of their lives asleep, but some large cats sleep even more than that. Lions and tigers can sleep up to 20 hours a day.

6. Trying to sneak up on a turkey? Good luck! They have periscopic vision because of the placement of their eyes on the side of their head. This gives turkeys a 360 degree range of vision.

7. Heroes come in all sizes… and species! Scarlett, a Brooklyn cat living with her litter in an abandoned building, had to move quickly when fire threatened the lives of her kittens. The New York Daily News reported that she fought through the fire and suffered from severe burns, but Scarlett still managed to carry out each of her five kittens out of the burning building. She and all but one of her kittens survived due to her quick reaction and tenacity.

8. Even though they’re native to the Andes Mountains, almost all chinchillas sold in the United States are direct descendants of the original eleven that Mathias Chapman, an American mining engineer, brought from South America in the early 20s.

9. A cow has to pump 400 pints of blood through its udder to produce just one pint of milk. That’s a 400:1 ratio!

10. In just one day, a cow can produce around 60 pounds of manure. If you do the math, that adds up to be over 20,000 pounds of manure every year from just one animal!

Also Read:- 10 Animals Facts everyone should know - Part 2

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