Tuesday, July 22, 2014

GK

1. The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’

2. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

3. Ants don’t sleep.

4. Dolphins usually live up to about twenty years, but have been known to live for about forty.

5. Dolphins sleep in a semi-alert state by resting one side of their brain at a time

6. A dolphin can hold its breath for 5 to 8 minutes at a time

7. Bats can detect warmth of an animal from about 16 cm away using its “nose-leaf”.

8. Bats can also find food up to 18 ft. away and get information about the type of insect using their sense of echolocation.

9. The eyes of the chameleon can move independently & can see in two different directions at the same time.

10. Cockroach: Can detect movement as small as 2,000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.


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