Fun Facts – 24 September

– Houseflies don’t allow their short lifespans (14 days) to hinder their musical abilities. They always hum in the key of F.

– Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like lions.

– Kangaroos use their tails for balance, so if you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop.

– Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, they also have them on their skin. No two tigers ever have the same stripes.

– To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaw, push your thumb into its eyeball – It will let you go instantly.

– Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height. This is equivalent to a man jumping the Empire State Building in New York.

– A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. All the better for them to eavesdrop on your conversations and plot your demise.

– Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away. They are also one of the three mammals that undergo menopause – the other two being humpback whales and human females.

– Koala bears almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else.

– Because beavers’ teeth never stop growing, they must constantly gnaw on objects to keep them at a manageable length. Their teeth would eventually grow into their brain if they didn’t maintain them.