10 Amazing Scientific “Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects” interesting facts for Class 10 and 12 Part 6
Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects-6
251. The anaconda is the world’s heaviest snake. It weights up to 230 kgs.
252. Some cobras spit venom into the eyes of their enemies. The venom very painful and can cause permanent blindness.
253. The glass Snake is not a snake. It is a variety of a lizard with a brittle tail.
254. The horned Toad is not a toad as the name suggests. It is a kind of lizard of the American southwest. It is covered with spiny scales and horn- shaped extensions over its eyes. When frightened, it may squirt a thin stream of blood form the corners of its eyes.
255. Rodents have incisor teeth both at the top and at the bottom, allowing them to gnaw constantly.
256. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
257. A blind- worm is neither blind nor is it a worm. It is a lizard and has two noticeable eyes.
258. A snail can sleep for 3 years at a stretch.
259. Lizard’s young sometime hatch form their eggs while still in the mother’s belly.
260. Silk from a spider’s web is stronger than steel of the same thickness.