Amazing And Interesting Tidbits About Animals

Let’s find out some of the most interesting things in the animals kingdom.

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1.) Just 12 kg of the deadly Botulinus Toxin, produced by the bacterium Clotridium botulinum, would easily kill the entire population of the world.  A fatal dose of just 0.000002 mg is enough to kill a human adult.

2.) Just 1 mg of Mamba Toxin 1 would be sufficient to kill 50 people.

3.) Democratic Republic of Congo has the largest population of Chimpanzee numbering from 70 to 110 thousand.

4.) The first dinosaur to be named is the Megalosaurus whose name means Great Lizard. It was named by William Buckland in 1824.

5.) The USA is the number one place where most people are attacked by sharks. However, most of the fatal attacks occurred in Australia.

6.) From 1580 to present, a total of 1,969 shark attacks had been recorded

7.) The heaviest White Sturgeon, a freshwater fish, ever caught weighed 212.28 kg and was 2.7 meter long. It was caught at Benicia, California (USA) in 1983.

8.) Colombia is the country with the most bird species with 1,897 species followed by Peru with 1,881.

9.) The country with the largest pet dog population is the USA with an estimated population of 63 million followed by Brazil with 31.4 million dogs.

10.) The USA is the country with the largest pet cat population with an estimated population of 81.4 million followed by China with 68.1 million cats.

11.) The country with the largest pet fish population is the USA with an estimated population of 142.2 million followed by China with 140.7 million pet fish.

12.) China is the country with the largest pet bird population with an estimated population of 75.3 million followed by Japan with 19.5 million pet birds.

13.) The country with the largest pet reptile population is the USA with an estimated population of 18.3 million followed by China with 4.6 million pet reptiles.

14.) Australia is the country with the most reptile species – 880 followed by Mexico with 837 species.

15.) The country with the largest population of sheep is China with a population of 171.9 million followed by Australia with a population of 100 million.

16.) Brazil is the country with the largest population of cattle with a population of 207.1 million followed by India with a population of 177.8 million.

17.) The country with the largest population of horse is the USA with a population of 9.5 million followed by China with a population of 7.1 million.

18.) Somalia is the country with the largest population of camel with a population of 6.2 million followed by Sudan with 3.2 million.

19.) The country with the most diverse butterfly species is the Philippines. It is home to at least a thousand butterfly species.

20.) Sri Lanka is the country with the greatest number of annual snake bites. There are about 2 million annual snakebites worldwide.

See also

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