Animals

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Animal Facts;

1. Gray Whales make the longest annual migration of any mammal, 12,000 miles round trip.

2. Eight percent of pet owners dress up their dogs and cats for Halloween.

3. Pound for pound, the hummingbird has the most powerful muscles of any animal.

4. A musk ox is actually a sheep.

5. One reason cats scratch furniture: they have scent glands in their paws.

6. It is thought that Donkeys have the loudest farts in the animal kingdom.

7. A female lobster is called a 'hen' or a 'chicken'.

8. Cats can keep purring whether inhaling or exhaling.

9. An eagle's bones weigh half as much as its feathers.

10. Snakes can continue to bite after they're dead.

11. The South American basilisk lizard can run up to a quarter mile across the surface of water.

12. Dachshunds were originally bred to hunt badgers.

13. Thomas Edison had 5,000 pet birds.

14. Camels have three eyelids.

15. A single tiger can eat six tons of meat a year, the equivalent of 60,000 hamburgers.

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