Saturday, 22 October 2011

World's largest rodent,Largest hailstone,St. Bernard....


  1. The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
  2. The largest hailstone weighed over 1kg fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
  3. Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.
  4. The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
  5. The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
  6. Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan Malamute, the Bull Terrier, and the Toy Poodle.
  7. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
  8. Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.
  9. The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. It is an Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig; it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
  10. The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers. 


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