Fast Facts

• Mammals are the only animals with flaps around the ears.
• A house fly lives only 14 days.
• There are about one billion cattle in the world of which 200 million are in India.
• The bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest bird in the world.
• Pea crabs (the size of a pea) are the smallest crabs in the world.
• The pig is rated the fourth most intelligent animal but are mentioned only twice in the Bible
• Sheep are mentioned 45 times and goats 88 times in the Bible. Dogs are mentioned 14 times and lions 89 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned.
• A giraffe can clean its ears with its 50cm (20 in) tongue.
• Dolphins can reach 60 km/h (37 mph).
• Sharks are immune to all known diseases.
• The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.