The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals IV

 

More mammals and their amazing traits and behaviors

1.) Nine-banded Armadillo

The Nine-banded Armadillo is an amazing mammal. It can give birth to identical quadruplets and postpone pregnancy for three years.

2.) Rat

Rats have flexible bones that make them capable of surviving of falling down from the second floor of a building. And they will continue to be nuisance to humans because they are immune to large amounts of poison.

3.) Kangaroo Rat

Kangaroo Rats are prolific jumpers. They can jump 45 times their body length. If they were as large as we are, they could clear easily a football with a length of 90 meters.

4.) Opossum

Opossums are amazing animal. They can play dead for six hours.

5.) Bat

Many cultures say that bats are associated with vampires.

6.) Hare

Hares are great sprinters. They are twice as fast as an Olympic sprinter.

7.) Blue Whale

A young Blue Whale is a huge baby. It is the size of a small car. A Blue Whale has a large size as well as a large appetite.

8.) Kangaroo

Kangaroos are very fast jumpers. They move at 56 km/h, they can sprint 100 meters in 4 seconds and leap 9.1 meters in the long jump.

9.) Guanaco

Guanacos are amazing creatures. They are among the toughest animals in the world. They thrive at 20,000 feet above sea level without getting sick.

10.) Camel

Camels are tough animals. They can lose 40% of their body weight in water, and survive without drinking water for eight long days.

See also 

• Interesting facts About the Amazing Elephants 
• The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals 
• The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals II 
• The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals III
• Amusing Facts and Traits of 38 Different Mammals 

The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals II

Some mammals are simply amazing.

1.) Tiger

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• Tigers are the strongest and largest of all cats in the world.
• They eat bears, birds, crocodiles, deer, domestic cattle, elephants, fish, frogs, gaurs, leopards, mice, monkeys, moose, pythons, rabbits, turtles, water buffalo, wild boars and wild dogs.

2.) Beaver

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• Beavers are great cutters and builders. They cut trees with their teeth and build their own huge dams.

3.) Mouse

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• Mouse is one of the scariest animals in the world. According to a survey, one out of three American women has a fear for mice.
• They are fast breeders and their population grow very fast because there can be 16 mice in a litter, which makes a swarm.

4.) Dog

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• Dogs are intelligent animals. They can understand a few hundred words and phrases.
• They are dangerous too. They bite 4,700,000 Americans annually.

5.) Elephant

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• Elephants are strong animals. Their trunk can hold up to 600 pounds and carry 20,000 pounds.
• Female Elephants get males to fight for them and she gives birth to a 140 kg baby after a 22-month pregnancy – the longest gestation period in the animal kingdom.

6.) Gorilla

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• Gorillas are strong creatures. They can lift 4,600 pounds which is equivalent to two family cars.
• In the movie King Kong, he is depicted as a carnivore but in reality, gorillas are strictly herbivorous.

7.) Naked Mole Rat

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• Naked Mole rat’s teeth are very tough. Its incisor bite can go through a cement wall little by little.
• Like ants and termites, one queen Naked Mole Rat, controls hundreds of Naked Mole Rats.

8.) Orangutan

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• Mother Orangutans are very caring and passionate mothers. They build beds every night for them and their youngster.
• They swings over 61 m high in the trees on a limb while baby Orangutan hangs on their mother for dear life.
• Orangutans are smart animals. They have found a way to escape the rain by putting a large leaf on top of their heads.

9.) Platypus

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• Platypuses have beaks of ducks, flippers of Otters and tails of beavers. 
• They can detect the electrical impulses given off by its prey.
• Male Platypuses hind limbs are venomous.

10.) Hippopotamus

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• Male Hippopotamuses are yucky animals. They fling dung or spread their poops everywhere with their tail.
• They are mighty biters. They can open their jaw up to 170° and snap a crocodile in half.

See also

• Interesting Facts About the Amazing Elephants
• The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals
• Amusing Facts and Traits of 38 Different Mammals