Animals

• A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.
  


• A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
  


• A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
  


• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
  


• A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
  


• A zebra is white with black stripes.
  


• An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.
  


• Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
  


• Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.
  


• German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
  


• Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.
  


• Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
  


• Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.
  


• The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death.
  


• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  


• Worldwide, goats provide people with more meat and milk than any other domestic animal.