Bird facts, animal facts and trivia - interesting facts

Bird facts, animal facts and trivia - interesting facts

AMAZING FACTS

Chocolate kills dogs!  True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces are enough to kill a small dog.

	At an estimated population of 40 million, there are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia. There are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos.
It is commonly known that the Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world, sometimes reaching a height in excess of 18 feet.  Along with it's length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue -- more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! Giraffes are the only animals born with horns.  Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead
	The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil. The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.