10 Amazing Scientific “Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects” interesting facts for Class 10 and 12 Part 13
Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects-13
331. The eye of a housefly is made up of more than 100 small eyes.
332. The cat is unable to see in complete darkness even though its eyes shine.
333. Before lying down, the dog turns round and round. Its ancestors in the wild did this to flatten the grass. Today, it still does the same even when offered a soft bed.
334. In the early days, the wild cats of the jungle would claw at the barks of trees so as to keep their claws constantly sharp in readiness for catching prey. Today’s cats claw at curtains.
335. The horse today flicks its skin without valid reason. But its ancestors living in the marshy meadows, did it to get rid of fleas and insects.
336. The milk of the donkey is very sweet.
337. The elephant is never scared of mice. Compared to the elephant, the mouse is so small that an elephant does not even so small that an elephant does not even know that there is a mouse close to it.
338. The largest frog in the world is the Goliath frog.
339. Frogs live on all the continents of the world, except the Antarctica.
340. There are more than 50 different breeds of the kangaroo in Australia. A group of kangaroos is called a mob while baby kangaroos are called joeys.