Impressive Termite Facts

Termites have wings that they shed once they have found a good place to build a nest.

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1. Termites have wings that they shed once they have found a good place to build a nest.

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2. Termites like the smell of biro ink.

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3. Termites cause up to $5 billion in damage per year!

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4. Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music

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5. When termite soldiers detect a threat, they tap warning signals to the colony.

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6. Termites lived 130 million years ago, and descended from a cockroach-like ancestor.

Camel urine is as thick as syrup.

Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.

Reindeer have golden eyes in summer and blue eyes in winter.

You can tell if a duck has bird flu by smelling its droppings.

Coyotes in the US have learnt how traffic lights work so they can cross the road safely.

Chimpanzee Facts

Chimpanzees can identify each other by looking at photographs of their bottoms.

Lizards can’t breathe and walk at the same time.

Salamander Facts

The giant palm salamander can stick its tongue out 50 times faster than you can blink.

Lobsters listen with their legs.

Hummingbird Facts

Hummingbirds lay eggs the size of peas.

Seahorses beat their fins almost as fast as hummingbirds beat their wings.

Vultures can turn a dead body into a skeleton in under five hours.

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201 Human Facts

Humans are the only animals that blush.

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Dogs suppress their innate intelligence for the sake of their human masters.

75 Animal Facts

Armadillos can get leprosy.

The serval is a type of wildcat that can jump 10 feet up in the air to catch birds!

57 Elephant Facts

Elephants can tell different human languages apart.

ZZ Top refused a $1,000,000 offer from Gilette to shave their beards for an ad.

2 million fish died in the Chesapeake Bay last week.

For the premier of Pinocchio, Disney hired 11 little people to dress like puppets and wave to kids - They got drunk and ran around naked.