Most amusing facts about animals

Here are some of the most amusing and interesting facts about animals

• The lion was the most wide spread large land mammal after humans 10,000 years ago.
• The night vision of tigers is 6 times better than that of humans
• Do you know that there are more than 20,000 species of ants in our planet
• Do you know that queen ants live up to 30 years where as ant workers live up to 3 years
• It is a fact that Giraffe sleeps less than 2 hours per day on average
• Almost all gorillas have same blood group type (B type)
• The DNA of gorillas is 95 to 99% same as humans
• A cheetah can reach a speed of 120 Km/h.  It is the fastest land animal
• Some of the dolphin species have upto 250 teeth
• Sharks have up to 3000 teeth
• The largest dinosaurs weighed 90,000 to 1,00,000 Kilograms as per an estimate by Scientists
• The smallest dinosaur was about the size of a chicken
• Flies consume only liquid food as they have no teeth
• A fly has a life span of only few days
• Do you know that the smallest snake in this world is only 4 inches long and the longest snake can be more than 10 meters long.
• The snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces,  so they just swallow the prey completely