* The life of a housefly is only 14 days.

* A dog was the first animal to up in space.

* A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first animals to fly in a hot air balloon. The oldest breed of a dog known to mankind is the ‘Saluki’.

* An ostrich is the fastest bird and can run up to 70 km/h.

* Never get a camel angry, for he or she will spit at you.

* There are crabs that are the size of a pea. There are known as ‘Pea Crabs’.

* The lifespan of 75 percent of wild birds is 6 months.

* Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.

* You do not need cotton buds to clean a giraffe ears. It can do so with its own 50cm-tongue.

* Want to known the appetite of a South American Giant Anteater? Well it eats over 30,000 ants, per day.

* The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer.

* The Sea Horse is the slowest fish, drifting at approximately 0.016 km/h.

* Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

* The small car on the road is probably the size of the heart of a blue whale.(lolz might be nano car sized)

* The length of an elephant is the same as the tongue of a blue whale.

* The crocodile's tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth.

* Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

* The smallest bird in the world is the Humming Bird.

* The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.

* Armadillos, opossums and sloths spend up to 80 percent of their lives sleeping.

* The Basenji is the only dog which does not bark.

* The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle. It can lift 850 times its own weight.