Animal Facts!!!!.....-SportiAngel-   Author:  54968  Category:(Human Interest) Created:(10/20/2002 3:27:00 PM) This post has been Viewed (975 times) 1. It takes a sloth 2 weeks to digest it’s food. 2. The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet. 3. The lifespan of a squirrel is about 9 years. 4. Gorillas sleep as much as 14 hours a day. 5. There are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos. 6. The female lion does 90% of the hunting. 7. Cats often run up against people and furniture to lay their scent and mark their territory. They do it this way, as opposed to the way dogs do it, because have scent glands in their faces. 8. Cats sleep up to eighteen hours a day, but never quite as deep as humans. Instead, they fall asleep quickly and wake up intermittently to check to see if their environment is still safe. 9. Giraffes can’t cough. 10. Elephants can smell water from as far away as 3 miles. 11. All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature. 12. Greyhound dogs can see better than any other breed of dog. 13. Snakes don’t bite in rivers or swamps because they would drown if they did. 14. Ostriches stick their head in sand to look for water. 15. The longest recorded lifespan of a camel was 35 years, 5 months. 16. The snapping turtle eat carrion and is used by police to find dead bodies in lakes, ponds and swamps. 17. Sharks never stop moving, even when they sleep or rest. 18. Lobsters are afraid of octopuses. The sight of one makes the lobster freeze. 19. Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions. Most of them made with the ears. 20. The average elephant produces 50 pounds of dung each day. Hope you enjoyed them! :) -SportiAngel- You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click here Scroll all the way down to read replies. Show all stories by   Author:  54968 ( Click here ) Spring is coming