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What I Learnt Today : 10 Unknown Amazing Facts About Animals - Part LXXXV

(1) Do you know what is calling the fear of animals ? It is called zoophobia.
(2) Although it seems to us that owls have large rounded eyeballs. But, actually owls don't have eyeballs. They have eye tubes.
(3) It's really hard to believe that Elephant can smell water up to 3-5 miles away.
(4) Dik-dik is one kind of deer which has very less weight. The average weight is between three and six kilogrammes.
(5) The lifespan of 75% of wild birds is less than domestic pet birds. It is only 6 months where domestic pet birds has in average 2-4 years..
(6) Snake has no eyelids so they do not blink.
(7) Do you know how many legs do spiders have ? Spiders have 8 legs and 48 knees.

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(8) How long distance do you jump? All the mammals except Elephants can jump. Elephant is the only animal that can't jump.
(9) Hippopotamus can keep its breath under water for up to 30 minutes.
(10) We see too much cannibalism in the animal kingdom. But, this fact is really horrible - some species of Australian Flower Spiders eat their mother when food supplies become less.

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