Elephants have a slower pulse of 27 and for a canary it is 1000!
Only one mammal can't jump -- the elephant.
The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water.
The elephant is the national animal of Thailand.
In a day, an elephant can drink 80 gallons of water.
In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.
Elephants have been known to learn up to 60 commands.
During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
An elephant's trunk can hold 2.5 gallons of water.
An elephant's tooth can weight as much as three kilograms..
An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period.
An elephant can live up to the age of seventy, or in some cases even more.
Elephants purr like cats do, as a means of communication.
An African adult elephant eats about six hundred pounds of food a day; that’s four percent of the elephant’s body weight!
The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds.
The dog with the largest ears in the world is a Basset Hound named Mr. Jeffries. The dog's ears are 11.5 inches longs, and are insured for $47,800.
The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green.
Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints.All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago.
All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago.
About 30% of American admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away.
A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft.
Dogs can't see colors. They're color blind.
Dogs sweat only through their tongues.
Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
The fastest dog, the greyhound, can reach speeds of upto 41.7 miles per hour.
