Animal Trivia

Ron Scott · July 15, 2003, 05:23:09 PM

The red bumps on a turkey's head are called "carnuckles".

Tom · July 15, 2003, 06:47:26 PM

I didn't know that. :D

The fastest -moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.

Mark M · July 15, 2003, 07:34:47 PM

What's that white stuff in chicken poop?

More chicken poop

Tom · July 15, 2003, 07:37:14 PM

Ok Ron, You've done it now! :-/

A capon is a castrated rooster.

CHARLIE · July 15, 2003, 08:16:17 PM

An average canary has 2,200 feathers. :P

Tom · July 15, 2003, 08:19:41 PM

A zebra is white with black stripes.

CHARLIE · July 15, 2003, 08:23:47 PM

Nope, they're black with white stripes! :D

Tom · July 15, 2003, 08:29:08 PM

No they aren't! :D

Did you know a woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

CHARLIE · July 15, 2003, 09:17:22 PM

They sure as hell are!

The average cat can hit 30 miles an hour for a short distance.

Tom · July 15, 2003, 09:36:59 PM

Yer full of beans. They aren't black, they're white.

Adult cats with no health problems are in deep sleep 15 percent of their lives. They are in light sleep 50 percent of the time.

Mark M · July 15, 2003, 10:31:46 PM

Actually Zebras are born colorless and on maturing develop both black and white stripes. Because of this unusual trait they are very difficult to spot until they are full grown. Only the young zebra's raised in captivity have stripes and it because of a special diet of black and white zebra pellets. In some cases the pellets are unevenly distributed so some zebras end up with more white stripes and other with more black stripes. I'm sure this is the reason for Tom and Charlie's disagreement since they probably have only seen zebra's raised in zoos.

Mark

woodmills1 · July 16, 2003, 06:53:07 AM

Do tigers have striped skin or striped fur? :

Tom · July 16, 2003, 07:23:56 AM

I dunno bout tigers but zebras are white with black stripes. I looked at one of'ems belly on TV. Charlie's just a dummy.

I'de think they would have some pigment in their skin that would match the hair somehow but I never saw a tiger skin.

I'm still codgitating about those clear zebras though. I dont think I believe that :-/

Did you know a cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime?

What' s a Tiger skin look like?

OneWithWood · July 16, 2003, 08:44:32 AM

A Tiger's skin looks like, well, a tiger's skin

Mark M · July 16, 2003, 09:54:21 AM

Tom - when a cow laughs does milk come out of her nose?

Tom · July 16, 2003, 11:02:23 AM

Ha ha, I never called them noses before. :D

Seriously, what a sight that would be. When I laugh, it comes out of my nose. :-/ That is...if I'm drinking milk at the time. Bye the Bye......Charlie phrase.......Coke hurts your nose if you do that. :D

Did ya know ants don't sleep?

Aunt Mattie used to doze a lot but that doesn't count.

Bro. Noble · July 16, 2003, 11:13:59 AM

Well Tom, you're sure beginning to lose credibility with me

We have milked for over 20 years and I've never seen a cow give a glass of milk--------Glasses come from Wal-Mart, didn't anyone ever tell you :

Tom · July 16, 2003, 01:26:48 PM

Yeah, I know, but ya gotta talk in measurements that folks understand. I just can't picture an udder of milk. Well, that's not true, but, I can't figure out how many udders of milk a cow produces relative to my peanut butter sandwich. :-/ ...or something like that : :-/

Hey! Look what I found. "Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. "

Did you know:
Brazil's animal celebrity, Tiao the chimpanzee, died of diabetes.. He was 34. Tiao was the star attraction of the Rio Zoo in Rio de Janeiro and he was so popular that he was nominated as a candidate for the 1988 mayoral elections in the city. He didn't win, but polled more than 400,000 votes to come in third.

We run monkeys for office in the USA also. :D

Fabiola · July 16, 2003, 01:42:29 PM

Tiao had no campaign at all. That time the election were made in papers. Now that is in eletronic we can not vote for any amimais at least not the one we wanted.
By the way, I did not vote for him. :D :D

;)

Tom · July 16, 2003, 01:53:47 PM

Good for you Fabiola. Unfortunately I have some friends who continue to vote for monkeys. I buy'em books and buy'em books but they never learn a thing. :D

Hey Noble! look what else I just found. Have you ever heard of this? Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."

That's a new one on me.

Have you got flinks down there, Fabiola?

Fabiola · July 16, 2003, 02:06:55 PM

What flink is? ??? ??? ???

Jeff · July 16, 2003, 02:11:18 PM

Have you ever saw a terd of hurtles?

Tom · July 16, 2003, 02:13:27 PM

No! but I've seen a Horse Fly. :D

A flink is supposed to be more than 12 cows, Fabiola. I never heard of the term before.

Bro. Noble · July 16, 2003, 03:05:08 PM

I never heard that one about 13 or more cows. Wonder if it applies to cattle used for draft purposes?

Funny some of the names for groups of animals-----gaggle, pride, etc.

Makes ya think of some good names for other bunches------like a bunch of women, or a bunch of Texans ;)