Roosters prevent themselves from going deaf due to their own loud crowing, by tilting their head backs when they crow, which covers their ear canal completely, serving as a built-in ear-plug.Ī study showed that their crowing averages over 100 decibels, which is roughly the same as running a chainsaw. Their blood contains a chemical that is noxious to predators, and this isn’t its only trick – short-horned lizards are also capable of inflating their bodies up to twice their size to scare anything away. The rather bizarre and disgusting act is a defensive mechanism to confuse predators. The horned lizard is able to shoot blood from its own eyes, up to a distance of 3 feet away. Although they have the shortest adult lifespan, they actually exist as a nymph in water from 3-7 years, depending on species. Some species of Mayfly only live for 8-10 hours. The Mayfly reproduces and then dies, during that short 24hr period of life. The shortest living animal in the world is the Mayfly. Their population is estimated as 10 7–10 8 billion alone, in comparison to approx. There are more than 1.4 billion insects for EACH HUMAN on the planet, according to recent estimates.Īnts have colonised almost every landmass on Earth. They can also be found in nearly every part of the world, which all add up in the risk they pose to humans.Ĩ. Mosquito outnumber every other animal in the world, apart from ants and termites. According to the World Health Organization, 725,000 people are killed each year from mosquito-borne diseases, such as Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever. The worlds deadliest animal isn’t a shark, bear or tiger, but something far smaller – the mosquito. They have all survived, due to successful treatment with antivenom. Every reliable identification of a snake bite victim from an Inland Taipan have been herpetologists, when handling or studying the snakes. They very rarely ever come in contact with humans, however. A single bite contains enough venom to kill at least 100 fully grown men, and can kill within just 30 minutes, if left untreated. The Inland Taipan (also known as, the Western Taipan) is the most venomous snake in the world. These toxins can be deadly in high doses, but also have a narcotic effect – and are a powerful hallucinogenic, which dolphins appear to enjoy.Ī documentary witnessed them passing around pufferfish in a pod, before floating just underneath the water’s surface, apparently ‘mesmerised by their own reflections’ afterwards.

Dolphins use toxic pufferfish to ‘get high’.ĭolphins deliberately handle pufferfish causing them to release toxins as a defence mechanism. They often do this when retreating away from flowers.

Hummingbirds are the only known birds that can also fly backwards. Otters “hold hands” while sleeping, so they don’t float away from each other.Ĥ. They are born grey, their diet of brine shrimp and blue green algae contains a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that makes their feathers pink.įlamingos in zoos often lost their colouring, until zoo keepers supplemented their diets. The imploding bubble for split seconds also generates temperates of 4,400C, nearly as hot as the sun, killing its prey. The shock wave can reach 230 decibels, also louder than the sound of a gunshot. The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping its claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Concorde’s sonic boom.

The loudest animal in the world is a mere 2cm long, prawn. The loudest, deadliest, fastest, largest, most bizarre and random, are all here in our big animal fact list.ġ. This includes some of the most asked, fun, surprising and crazy animal facts from across the animal kingdom. Here’s our big list of the 101 greatest animal facts.

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