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Tiger facts – Top 22 funny you didn’t know about tigers.

2. A tiger can eat 100 pounds of meat a night! Compare that to 400 hamburgers! They need a lot of food because they go days between meals.

3. Tigers have been called man eaters, yet they eat frogs, monkeys, porcupines  fowl, and tortoises, especially  when a good deer is hard to find.

Tigers have eyes that are the brightest of any other animal in the world. At dusk, or in the beam of a torch, they blaze back the ambient light with awe-inspiring intensity.

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4. Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. They live in steamy hot jungles as well as icy cold forests. There are five different kinds or subspecies of tiger alive in the world today. These tigers are called Siberian, South China, Indochinese, Bengal, and Sumatran. Tigers are an endangered species; only about 5,000 to 7,400 tigers are left in the wild. Three tiger subspecies, the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers have become extinct in the past 70 years.

5. Depending on the subspecies, the head-body length of a tiger is about 41/2 to 9 feet (1.4-2.8 m). The length of the tail is 3 to 4 feet (90-120 cm). The foot pads vary in size with age, resulting in inaccurate estimates when used in censuring wild populations.

6. Tigers have round pupils and yellow irises (except for the blue eyes of white tigers). Due to a retinal adaptation that reflects light back to the retina, the night vision of tigers is six times better than that of humans.

7. Siberian tigers are the heaviest subspecies at 500 or more pounds (225 kg), with males heavier than females. The lightest subspecies is the Sumatran; males weigh about 250 pounds (110 kg) and females around 200 pounds (90 kg).

8. The size of a tiger’s territory depends on the amount of food available, and usually ranges from about 10 to 30 square miles (26-78 sq. km). Siberian tigers sometimes have really big territories (as large as 120 square miles).

9. Although tigers usually live alone, tiger territories can overlap. A male tiger’s territory usually overlaps those of several female tigers.

10. Tigers mark their territories by spraying bushes and trees with a special mixture of urine and scent gland secretions. They also leave scratch marks on trees.

11. Tigers can see in the dark six times better than humans can. They can also see in color.

12. The heaviest tiger recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records is a 1,025-pound male Siberian tiger.

13. Young tigers live with their mother until they are two to three years old, then they find their own territories.

14. Unlike some big cats like lions, adult tigers like to live alone (except for mother tigers with cubs). This is partly because in the forest, a single tiger can sneak up and surprise its prey better than a group of tigers can.

15. Most tigers have an orange coat with dark brown or black stripes accented with white. Tigers that live in cold climates (Siberian tigers) have thicker fur than tigers that live in warm climates.

16. A tiger’s tail is 3 to 4 feet long, about half as long as its body. Tigers use their tails for balance when they run through fast turns. They also use their tails to communicate with other tigers.

17. No one knows exactly why tigers are striped, but scientists think that the stripes act as camouflage, and help tigers hide from their prey. The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, and the Siberian tiger has the fewest stripes. Tiger stripes are like human fingerprints; no two tigers have the same pattern of stripes.

18. A tiger’s paw prints are called pug marks.

19. Like domestic cats, tiger claws are retractable. Tiger scratches on trees serve as territorial markers.

20. They often carry the Chinese mark of Wang or King on the forehead.

21. The life span of tigers in the wild is thought to be about 10 years. Tigers in zoos live twice as long.

22. Tiger cubs are born blind and weigh only about 2 to 3 pounds (1 kg), depending on the subspecies. They live on milk for 6-8 weeks before the female begins taking them to kills to feed. Tigers have fully developed canines by 16 months of age, but they do not begin making their own kills until about 18 months of age.

Tigers are some of the most amazing creatures on the planet.  In fact, Animal Planet recently voted tigers to be one of the world’s most favorite animal.  But a great deal of what we think we know about tigers is colored by common misconceptions or confusion with other large cats.  Perhaps if we grow better informed about these powerful beasts that are on the brink of extinction, we can help grow their numbers once again.

Here are 10 tiger facts you probably do not know…

1. A tiger’s legs are so powerful that they can remain standing even when dead…

2. They are the largest of all the big cats, weighing up to 300k (700 pounds)…

3. If you look a tiger in the eyes he is less likely to kill you…

 4.Tigers are completely blind for the first week of their life. About half do not survive to adulthood…

5. The white spot on the back of their ears is called an ocelli…

6. Tigers have antiseptic saliva…

7. Tiger’s tongues make our tongues look pretty sad…

8. Tigers are solitary creatures…

9. They’re nicer than lions…

10. Tigers have very diverse diets…

Due to the fact that dolphins often display a playful attitude which makes them popular in human culture, they are loved not only by kids but also the adults. Is dolphin your favorite animal? Let's check out some quick facts for kids about dolphins right below here to know more about this cute marine animal.

They stick with their moms for a long time

It is in the nature of the dolphins to stick with their mothers for a long time before they leave their pack. Some stay with their mothers for 3 or even 8 years!

Dolphins have 2 stomachs 

One is used for storage of food and the other is used for digestion.

They dive up to 1,000 feet

Dolphins are known to be great divers. Being creatures of the sea, they can dive up to 1,000 feet underwater.

Dolphins's life expectancy can be up to 50 years old.

Even though the average lifespan of dolphins is about 17 years, some can even live up to 50 years!

There are around 40 species of dolphins

There are many types of dolphins, around 40 different species. While the majority of them spend their lives in saltwater, many can survive just fine in freshwater. The smallest of their kind is 3-4 feet long, while the largest is 30 feet!

Dolphins help the sick or injured members

These caring creatures are often seen tending to the sick, the old and the injured in their group, which is known as ‘pod’.

Dolphin - Extremely intelligent animal

They are not only the friendliest or caring creatures but also the most intelligent ones. It is believed by scientists that comparing the ratio size of brain to body, dolphins take the 2nd place right after the humans!

Dolphins never chew their food

Instead, they swallow it as a whole. Their teeth are used only to catch their prey.

They give themselves names 

It has been proved by scientists that dolphins give themselves names. They develop their own individual whistles and they recognize theirs and other dolphins’ names.

Dolphins sleep with only half of brain

When they are asleep, one part of their brain remains alert and awake. This keeps them safe from potential predators, and enables them to breathe while sleeping.

Dolphins are well-known for their friendliness to humans and other animals

They love to play with members of their pods and are friendly to even humans. They are often seen playing and teasing other animals living underwater.

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Wild Turkey’s live across North America.

Ocellated Turkeys live in South Eastern Mexico, Northern Belize and Northern Guatemala.

It is easy to tell the difference between Wild Turkeys and Ocellated Turkeys.

Ocellated Turkeys have a mixture of bronze, green and blue feathers, similar to a peacock.

Wild Turkeys have mostly brown feathers.

Ocellated Turkeys also weigh less then Wild Turkeys.

A male turkey is called a Tom or gobbler.

A female turkey is called hen.

A baby turkey is called a poult or sometimes a chick.

A group of turkeys is called a flock.

Male turkeys weigh between 8-24 pounds and are about 4ft long.

Female turkeys weigh between 7-16 pounds and are about 3ft long.

Hens can lay between 6-18 eggs. On average they lay 12 eggs.

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The eggs take about one month to hatch.

Baby turkeys cannot fly for two weeks.

Adult turkeys have around 3,500 feathers.

Turkeys are omnivores meaning they eat both plants and animals.

Turkeys eat nuts, seeds, fruits, berries, insects, small reptiles and amphibians.

Only wild turkeys can fly. Domesticated turkeys (turkey’s living on farms) cannot fly because they are usually too heavy.

Only male turkey’s can gobble.

Turkeys can run up to 25 miles per hour.

The wattle is the flap of skin that hangs from a turkey’s chin.

The wattle turns bright red when a turkey anxious or worried and when he is attracting a mate.

Wild Turkeys live in open forests.

Wild Turkeys sleep in trees.

Predators to a turkey are snakes, raccoons, wildcats and humans.

Over 90% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.

Turkey has more protein than beef or chicken.

There is no way to prove if turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving.

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be America’s national bird. However, he was out voted and the eagle became the national bird.

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Elect Frecked page has a list of 10 world's most beautiful birds. Notably with the arrival of the California Condor.

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But beside that person is feared dead, but very much about sharks that you may not know about:
1. A whale sharks can weigh in 18,000 tigers piranha fish.
2. The ancestors of sharks appeared 400 million years ago, that is 200 million years earlier than dinosaurs. That means that when dinosaurs dominated the earth, roaring and then become extinct because of climate change, the shark still exists cavalier under their underworld.
3. Sharks can swim at speeds of up to 60km / h. Meanwhile, the average rate of the pool is only 4 km / hour.

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9. Sharks can sense electromagnetic fields. Some agencies specialize lateral line is to sense electromagnetic. We recognize the difference in voltage between the shark body to the environment. Scientists think this may allow sharks detect prey as well as foes, and mates. Ability to sense electromagnetic sharks can also help identify the Earth's magnetic field, helping them determine the direction they migrated.
10. At one point a shark can own up to 3,000 teeth. Their teeth are associated with better function and is continuously renewed throughout life.

11. It has been discovered many strange objects inside the stomach of a shark as an armor, wine bottles ... That shows sometimes sharks will swallow it and grab objects are, rather because crushes everything in its killer teeth.
12. Most of shark fins 8. Sharks can swim only to avoid the physical difference lies just in front of them, by the shark fin does not allow us to move backwards.

13. Sharks can be hypnotized. Sharks may fall into a natural state of paralysis. Researchers can cause this situation if shark's stomach flip up or rub the snout, depending on the species.
14. Sharks have sensitive hearing and taste amazing. They can smell blood in the water from doing so 1.5km. Shark nose can detect the time lag of smell to one nostril versus the other. We used it as a way to recognize the direction prey and turned to first detect odors.
15. Many species of sharks are color-blind. Animal's eyes have two types of cells respond to different lighting rod cells and cone cells. The rod cells determine the brightness of the control cones colors. A study of 17 different shark species indicate that although they may see different degrees of light, but can only see a single color is green.

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According to Tech Insider, dragonflies are insects globeskimmer size of the little finger of the person, but they can not fly above 7,000 km. Globeskimmer occasional dragonfly stop on the island to breed. Their progeny moving into the flock, flying from the island to other islands in the Pacific. (Photo: Greg Lasley).

Blue whales, mammals weighing about 200 tons, can swim across oceans around the world, covering 71% of the Earth's surface. Blue whales live in warm tropical waters in winter, then swim to the Arctic waters more krill to feed in the summer. This long journey thousands of kilometers each year. (Photo: National Geographic).

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The turtle migration from the African region to South America thanks to the incredible stamina. We move the float to the top sticking out of the water without food or fresh water for 6 months. (Photo: Wikimedia).

Nail chicken species, capable of flying low, migration from Africa to South America by raft floating in the Atlantic Ocean millions of years ago. Currently, chicken claw living in the Amazon rainforest. (Photo: Kate).

Most transoceanic migrations occurred about 30 million years ago. South American continent drifted too far Africa has not made narrower Atlantic substantial than today. Methods used rafts floating in the ocean as well as many ways to primates like squirrel monkeys black tail to be South America. (Photo: BBC).

After a storm in 1995, fishermen on the island of Antigua Caribbean detect green iguanas (species native to South America) washed up on the coast, on a raft made of logs and stumps. (Photo: Charlesjsharp).

Human ancestors walked under many different paths from East Africa across Asia, crossing the Bering Strait freezes, North America and South America moved down. (Photo: Tech Insider).

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The observations of the scientists showed that crocodiles and their close relatives really small percentage, even if they work in ripped prey. But they still have not understood why.

Anecdotes about "crocodile tears" refers to someone who expressed sadness artificially. But not necessarily crocodiles and their relatives expressed their grief in a bluff.

Researchers at the University of Florida, USA, received the tears may have similar functions in human saliva, helps digest food animals. Crocodile tears gland connected to the nasal cavity and it was suggested that generated tears from the eyes, flow into the nasal cavity and throat went down.

"The concept is ancient tears as slippery when it is swallowing food and the tears we see is a little excessive production", researchers said Kent Vliet.

In a 2006 study, scientists at the University of Florida and the University of California, USA, 7 alligators coaching move to eat a dry place, and then they filmed their reactions. The results showed that 5 of the 7 crocodile tears while eating.

The team certainly can not explain the reason why the crocodile tears. But they believe the cause may involve animal panting, hissing while eating. This action pushes air through the sinuses, stimulate the glands secrete tears.

You think you are out of your dog? But believe me, in fact there are many things you may not know or may misunderstand that dog!

Learn 12 fun facts to learn more about dogs - loyal friends of people offline!

1. When the dog wagging his tail does not always mean that we're in a good mood. Actually, it also signifies the opposite, showing that they prepare to attack someone.

2. If you live in Iran, according to the law, you are not raising any breed as pets. However, a dog for hunting or to protect yourself, it is permitted.

3. Not all dogs are barking. Basenji dog (beagle) can growl, howl, moan instead of barking. 

4. We can estimate the lifetime of the dog by looking at their facial features. Such as the dog with a long face, sharp tend to live longer than the flat-faced dogs.

5. At birth, Dalmatians will be completely white plumage, black spots began to appear only when they are about 3 weeks old.

6. Many people believe that the healthy foods for humans are also healthy for dogs. But there are some things that will be very dangerous for the health of dogs if they eat grapes, raisins, nuts, onions, garlic, or other foods containing caffeine. But you can give them to eat apples, apple seeds, and other fruits in small quantities, not to eat too much because it can be fatal.

7. The dog is not only a great sense of smell, they also have very good hearing. In fact, dogs can hear sounds beyond them 4 times and the sounds we can not hear.

8. There are over 75 million dogs in the United States, and more than 400 million worldwide. United States is the country topped the list of owned bulk pet is a dog, followed by Brazil and China.

9. Greyhound is the fastest dog in the world. They can run at speeds of 45m / h.

10. George Washington owned 36 Foxhound breed. Kubla Khan, however the one who owns the most dogs (dogs clam 5000).

11. According to research by animal psychologists, dog as smart as the average 2-year-old child. We can understand up to 250 words and gestures, count to 5, and perform some basic calculations. In Moscow, Russia some stray dogs even know how to use the subway to get back. In quest of food, the dog can use the subway to go from less populated areas to more populated areas.

12. Dogs do not like to be hugged. In fact, when we think hugging is the way of love, but to give that hug is a sign of dominance.

Mouse nose Star

Stars mouse nose are found in moist lowland eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.Manufactured known for a distinctive nose, like the stars, but actually this is regarded as sensitive fingers of them. 

Goldfish calestial

Celestial goldfish have short body with large eyes egg shape slim and raised on the surface compared to the body. Celestial no dorsal fin 

Angora rabbits

Angora rabbits each pet is prevalent, raising many of the noble families in Europe. Its name is derived from the capital Ankara, formerly known as the Turkish Angora. Yet only 2 kilograms heavier but looked like giant creatures to own up to 50 cm thick undercoat. 

fish Blob

Fish Blobfish Blob also known, is the ugliest animals Earth through online voting from readers on the internet everywhere. This fish is also called fish face looks sad face is so poignant. 

Aye Aye

The creature is called Aye-aye is a is a primate found in Madagascar. Aye Aye-has some unusual features, including a bone, witch-like fingers between long they used to pry insects and larvae from trunk 

Warthog

This is a wildlife species from the family pig is usually found in grasslands, savannas in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Monkfish

Monkfish is often confused with the sea monster. However it is one of the favorite dishes in many parts of the world 

Hose-nosed monkey

For us Proboscis monkey's nose looks very unsightly, but in the eyes of the female gorillas are extremely attractive they are the long nose of the male monkeys. 

Naked mole rat

This is the naked mole-rat species is distributed in East Africa, which looks like a naked man. Them and is one of the ugliest animals planet because their bodies hairless and naked themselves throughout life. 

Mata turtle thorns

Mata thorn turtles, also known under the address aboriginal languages ​​Matamata. Mata turtle viable hemp quite healthy even persistent. They are sedentary creatures, this is easy to explain because they are living creatures perfect camouflage for hunting and evading enemies.