Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Them
Dear friends,
I have always been an animal lover and it was a great pleasure being able to do research on them and further learn about these wonderful creatures. Dogs are my favourite animal, ever since young I have always had huge interest in dogs and I have been bugging my parents for the longest time to give me the permission to keep a dog, but of course it never happened.
Now that I’m older, I have realised that keeping a pet is something more than just a ‘hobby’, it comes with great responsibilities and commitments. Be it a fish, a guinea pig or a dog, they are all sentient beings and sentient beings have feelings. They feel pain, anger, happiness and love, therefore it’s very important to not take them lightly. Do not keep a pet if you feel that you’re not responsible enough or you do not have the time and commitment to do so.
All animals are equal, whether if it’s just a tiny little bug or the king of jungle, we should respect all animals. I hope you enjoy this article as much as I did while doing the research.
Regards,
Beatrix Ooi
Get ready to be blown away!…
#1. Ostrich
Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
#2. Songbird
Some male songbirds sing more than 2000 times each day
#3. Scorpion
Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!
#4. Flamingo
The flamingo eats with its head upside down
#5. Dogs
Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs
A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running
Small quantities of grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs
Dog nose prints are as unique as human finger prints and can be used to identify them
#6. Hippopotamus
Hippos can run faster than humans
Hippos can hold their breath underwater for up to 5 minutes. They also secrete a red substance that acts as sunblock, giving rise to the myth that these mammals sweat blood
#7. Great horned owl
The great horned owl has no sense of smell
#8. Flea
The flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. This is equal to a man jumping the Empire State Building in New York
#9. Blue Whale
Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale
At 155 decibels loud, their songs can travel up to 1,000 miles underwater
#10. Elephant
An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away
Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump
#11. Snail
Don’t try this at home. If you cut off a snail’s eye, it will grow a new one
#12. Lonomia obliqua
Lonomia obliqua is the world’s deadliest caterpillar
#13. Stone fish
It is known as the most poisonous fish in the world
#14. Killer whale
Killer whales are not whales at all, rather a species of dolphin
#15. Slug
We share 70% of our DNA with a slug
#16. Tiger
No two tigers ever have the same stripes, and this is how individual tigers can be identified
#17. Donkey
The placement of the eyes of a donkey enables them to see all four of their legs at all times
#18. Oyster
Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again depending on which is best for mating
#19. Turtle
You can tell a turtle’s gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt, females hiss
#20. Ferret
Ferrets sleep around 20 hours a day, pretty good life
#21. Shark
Sharks are immune to cancer
#22. Swan
The swan has over 25,000 feathers in its body. Incredible creature
#23. Giraffe
Giraffes have no vocal cords. But on average, their tongue measures at 18-20 inches long!
Giraffes have sturdy hearts and high blood pressure, which help prevent fainting when they lift their heads from the ground to the sky
#24. Hybrid combo
When a male tiger and female lion mate they make a tigon, when a male lion and female tiger mate they make a liger. This is a tigon.
Liger
#26. Penguin
Penguins can jump over 6 feet out of water
#27. Owl
Many species of owls have special feathers for flying silently
Owls cannot move their eyeballs
#28. Bull
The colour red doesn’t really make bulls angry; they are color-blind to red
#29. Goblin shark
There is a shark called ‘goblin shark’ which has only been seen around 50 times since its discovery in 1897
#30. Goat and Octopus
Goats and octopus have rectangular pupils which allow them to see nearly 360 degrees around themselves
#31. Starfish
Starfish don’t die of old age
#32. Bear
A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse
#33. Hyena
Hyenas regularly eat the faeces of other animals
#34. Moose
Moose have very poor vision. Some have even tried to mate with cars
A moose’s upper lip is ultra sensitive, able to grasp and tell the difference between fresh shoots and harder twigs. A moose can strip an entire branch of leaves in a single mouthful
#35. Sea horse
The slowest fish is the sea horse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph (0.016 km/h)
#36. Golden poison dart frog
The 2-inch-long golden poison dart frog has enough venom to kill 10 adult men
#37. Snow leopard
Snow leopards can leap up to 50 feet in one jump
#38. Komodo dragon
The saliva of a Komodo dragon harvests more than 50 types of bacteria. Animals bitten by the lizard typically die within 24 hours from blood poisoning — if they aren’t eaten first
#39. Narwhal
The narwhal tusk—most commonly found on males—is actually an enlarged tooth with sensory capability and up to 10 million nerve endings inside. Some narwhals have up to two tusks, while others have none. The spiraled tusk juts from the head and can grow as long at 10 feet
#40. Mole
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night
#41. Sloth
Sloths cannot shiver to stay warm like other mammals due to their low metabolic rates and little muscle tissue
#42. Polar bear
Despite what we think, a polar bear’s fur is not white. Each hair is a clear hollow tube. Polar bears look white because each hollow hair reflects the light. Underneath the fur, a polar bear’s skin is actually black — the black skin soaks up the sun’s heat and helps them stay warm
#43. Koala bear
Koala bears aren’t bears: They’re marsupials. Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals living primarily in Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic, common to many species, is that most of the young are carried in a pouch
#44. Horned lizard
Horned lizards can shoot blood out of their eyes to defend themselves
#45. Zebra
Underneath their stripes, zebras have black skin
#46. Whooping crane
A whooping crane’s eye color changes as the bird gets older. It moves from blue to aqua to gold
#47. Star-nosed mole
The star-nosed mole has 25,000 sensory receptors on its nose
#48. Octopus
Octopuses have nine brains — one central brain, eight at the base of each arm, for movement control — and blood the color blue from a protein called hemocyanin
#49. Muskox
The hair of the muskox, called qiviut, is often considered the world’s rarest fiber
#50. Mantis shrimp
Mantis shrimps are mere inches long but can throw the fastest punch of any animal. They strike with the force of a rifle bullet and can shatter aquarium glass and crab shells alike
#51. Leopard seal
Leopard seals don’t have ears. The theory goes that these massive creatures, which prey on penguins and other seals, use sonar to locate food
#52. Marine iguana
An iguana’s two prominent nostrils help the lizard regulate salt levels by expelling a saline solution through them
#53. Honeybee
Honeybees have hair on their eyes
#54. Dugong
Dugongs (and their manatee cousins) are related to elephants. Not too hard to fathom, given their ginormous size. If they were on land, they could surly lumber, elephant-style
#55. Arctic fox
The Arctic fox can survive temperatures as low as -60 degrees Fahrenheit. During a blizzard, the animal often tunnels into the snow for protection
#56. Beaver
Beavers’ teeth never stop growing, they must constantly gnaw on objects to keep them at a manageable length. Their teeth would eventually grow into their brain if they didn’t maintain them
#57. King cobra
The amount of neurotoxin that a king cobra can emit in one bite is enough to kill 20 people — or an elephant
#58. Irukandji jellyfish
Irukandji jellyfish is a member of the notorious box jellyfish family, measures only 0.2 inches across and is nearly transparent, it is arguably the most venomous animal on the planet. Its toxin is 100 stronger than that of a cobra
#59. Sea otter
Sea otters like to hold each other’s paws when sleeping so they don’t drift apart
#60. Elephant shrew
The closest relatives to the elephant shrew are actually elephants, not shrews
#61. Squirrel
Squirrels will adopt other squirrels babies if they are abandoned
#62. Galapagos tortoise
The Galapagos tortoise can live for one full year without food or water, sleep 16 hours a day, and live to over 150 years
#63. Howler monkey
As the loudest land animal on Earth, they can be heard 3 miles away
#64. Clownfish
Every single clownfish is born as a male, and some become female later on
#65. Slow loris
Slow loris may be cute, but it’s the only venomous primate in the world. When it raises its arms, it’s performing a defensive stance, and preparing a venom
#66. Fennec fox
Fennec fox’s feet are hairy, which helps them perform like snowshoes and protects them from extremely hot sand. The fox’s feet are also effective shovels for frequent digging
#67. Proboscis monkey
Proboscis monkey, it’s believed the nose may be selected as a sexual trait since female monkeys generally prefer the males who have a bigger nose
#68. Cassowary
Cassowary, also known as the Australian Velociraptor, it’s known worldwide as the deadliest bird on Earth. They’re more deadly than a crocodile and their giant claws can tear the organs from your body in a matter of seconds
The claws of a Cassowary
#69. Hedgehog
A hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute on average
#70. Camel
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
#71. Hooded pitohui
The hooded pitohui is a poisonous bird. Touching its skin or feathers causes numbness and tingling
#72. Hummingbird
The smallest bird egg belongs to the hummingbird and is the size of a pea
#73. Chicken
Chickens have over 200 distinct noises they make for communicating
#74. Crow
Crows have the largest cerebral hemispheres (brains), relative to body size, of any avian family
#75. Hercules beetle
Hercules beetles can lift 850 times their own weight. That’s equivalent to a human lifting 10 elephants
#76. Goldfish
Goldfish have a memory span of up to 5 months
#77. The hairy frog aka the horror frog
The Horror Frog, a frog that breaks its own bones to create claws
#78. Wood frog
Wood frog has the capability to freeze through winter and thaws in the spring
#79. Siberian husky
Siberian huskies are built to withstand Arctic temperatures of -58 to -76 degrees Fahrenheit
#80. Chinese softshell turtle
The Chinese soft-shelled turtle is the first animal known to pee via its mouth
Sources:
- http://www.seenox.org/interesting-animal-facts-you-did-not-know-before/
- http://all-that-is-interesting.com/amazing-facts-ocean-animals
- http://www.viralnova.com/unbelievable-animal-facts/
- https://weather.com/science/news/animal-wildlife-wacky-facts-20140930
- https://www.wikipedia.org/
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This is a cool list of animals with unique abilities, strengths and characteristic. Despite some with very uncommon looks that could be appalling to other species, but it might be their strength or appeal among its own kind; like the soft-shell turtle or the Proboscis monkey. I guess the same could be said for human; everyone possess different abilities, strengths and characters. Therefore no single criteria can fully / truly describe one person nor can it be used as a general reference of all people. I hope what I am saying make sense. Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting❤
Wow! Thank you for these incredibly amazing facts Beatrix! I can’t resist repeating some of them. Didn’t know that-
– Ostriches can run faster than horses, and hippos faster than humans!
– A dog’s nose prints act like human fingerprints, for identification!
– The flea can jump 200 times its own height, equivalent to a man
jumping the Empire State Building in New York!
– On the other hand, elephants are the only animals that can’t jump!
– Two tigers never have the same stripes!
– The donkey can see all its four legs at all times!
– Sharks are immune to cancer!
– The colour red doesn’t really make a bull angry -they are colour-blind
to red!
– The ever elegant swan has over 25000 feathers on its body!
It just goes to show how unique and special each being is!
Wow….. Thank you Beatrix for sharing this amazing information. Some of the animals are quite common. Means, we can easily see them from TV, some petting zoos, or zoos, but didn’t know the amazing facts about them! For example, ostrich. Which was quite famous in KL a couple of months ago, where an ostrich ran on Federal Highway 🙂 Didn’t know that they can run faster than horses. But sadly, their eyes are bigger than their brain.
But it’s really amazing to know how animal evolved to suit the changes of environment and their habitat. For example for polar bear and siberian husky, if they don’t grow in this way, maybe they won’t be able to survive in artic. It’s how amazing every individual characteristic, their appearance, their behavior, that’s all combine and make them unique.
Thank you 🙂
Very cool to learn about the various species of animals and what is unique about them. Thanks Beatrix.
Thank you Beatrix for sharing these interesting fun facts about animals. truly amazing knowledge to learn about these facts.:)
#64. Clownfish,#48. Octopus,#11. Snail,#75. Hercules beetle,#50. Mantis shrimp,#47. Star-nosed mole. Just to name a few of the ones that caught my interest. Great write up Beatrix! Keep it up 🙂
FUN FACTS….the diversity of lives!!
IT took 2 billion years for lives to evolved from single cell life to lives as we know it today and yet the diversity and abilities of lives still boggles our mind. It shows how wonderful live is but also how ignorant we are.
All animals and plants along with it’s abilities and characteristics evolved according to Darwinian law of natural selection and of the survival of the fittest, conditioned by the natural environment and ecology where the species live or grow. This law naturally selects the best adapted species to thrive and be propagated in that particular environment; resulting in an amazing array of abilities highlighted by Beatrix.
Thank you Beatrix. I really enjoyed this post. It really opens up my mind.
Dear Beatrix,
Thank you for these amazing informations! Animals are, like you wrote, equal and have rights. We should never look down on them.
I agree, dogs are very loveable and need time and care. I grew up with dogs and it was fun. Only 4 years ago, I have discovered my love for cats. They have their character but are very sweet and smart.
I love the pictures!
Thank You Rinpoche for creating such an amazing and educational platform via this blog!
Thank you Bea for the lovely compilation.
There were so many information that caught my attention so I dont know which one to start with.
The most disturbing and pitiful are Chinese softshell turtles and Hyenas. Cannot imagine what karma to be born like that.
The one I laughed at, was the seahorse. OMB!! I cannot imagine myself going that ‘fast’!
I must have been a goldfish in my previous life and in this life, still a ‘goldfish’ trapped in a human body… lol
All of them are unique and special. Whether they are animals or not, we should always respect and treat them well.
Thank you Beatrix for these pictures and facts. Indeed there is so much that we (or rather I) do not know about these animals.
It’s nice to have young people like you who care so much about animals, and I love these beautiful pictures very much!
Animals are sentient beings are beings with consciousness and like us, deserve happiness and respect too.
Thank you for sharing in this article about the extraordinary friends on earth..i think there must be a reason for everything…why do birds have wings & fish have tails.? This makes me went in search for explanations…Why is that the ostrich eyes are so big ? Do you know that the ostrich eye is 5 cm in diameter and bigger than its brain ? …well the eyes is so big that it can easily see if there are predators around ….It’s also the same for giraffes with long neck so that it can see far to check for predators but with a long neck its advantage is that it can easily reach high up a tree for leaves to eat ..This article is really interesting and amazing.Thank you Beatrix.
Thanks Beatrix for posting this 80 animals photos. I can feel that they are in freedom. All this photos really help me gaining more knowledge on animal kingdom. I am so impressed by photo no 80,Chinese soft shell turtle because it can pee via mouth.
We should treat animals like our family members.We must show compassion and kindness to animals. This is what we want in Kechara .
Thanks Rinpoche.
With folded hands
Jason
Thanks for the write-up. Reminds me of the old radio program “Kee Huat Fantastic Facts”.
I like the one on scorpions – NO. 3. For someone who loves their alcohol, to be reborn as one would be such a nightmare. Imagine, one drop and you’re dead from your own folly.
No. 35, the seahorse is a surprise. My assumption was that it would be quite a fast swimmer if it wanted to. I mean, it’s a sea ‘horse’ and in the cartoon “Aquaman” he rode a seahorse to battles and rescues. How when we are ignorant, we will believe anything and stick by it as sacred truth!
There are so many others that are unique and interesting whilst some are scary. Goes to show the diversity of the animal kingdom or animal realm. All those unique qualities are what help them survive their environment.
Thank you for sharing such interesting facts.
Hi Fong,
If I’m not mistaken, the diversity is the result of our karma. All these animals have also had countless previous lives, and the unique combination of their karma has led them to take rebirth in various parts of the animal kingdom with different physicalities which have adapted to their environment.
Can you imagine being stuck in the deepest darkest part of the ocean for decades like one of those deep sea angler fish (picture below) or in the cold and barren Artic as a polar bear? o_O
And that’s in the animal kingdom! Even in the human realm, there are so many different forms of existence physically speaking. Some of are born without limbs, some are born with limbs but without intact mental faculties. Some are born in places where it is super hot, and some people are born in places where it is super cold.
The fact we can live in a place where there are no climatic extremes, where we have physical and mental faculties mostly intact (to the point they don’t present obstacles to our learning) is incredible if you consider the very high chance we actually stood of being reborn in a place with weather extremes, physical disabilities or mental disabilities.
We really should make the most of the chance we have and not make excuses to do more, because making excuses is just making obstacles for ourselves which we don’t need to have!
Anyway, I kind of went off tangent haha this was a real neat post. I already knew a couple of these, like the one about the flamingo (something about their oesophagal muscles not being very strong), the flea and the elephant (they don’t have knees). But like you, I did also like the scorpion one. And the ligers and tigons one, though I think they are sterile because of the interspecies mating…just like how when donkeys and horses mate, their offspring are sterile too.
Going through this article and learning interesting facts about 80 different animals has certainly made my Sunday a great and knowledge full one.
To be honest, a lot of the facts here surprised me such as the fact that a blue whale’s tongue is heavier than most elephants, sharks are immune to cancer, polar bear furs are actually not white and so many more!
Animals are sentient beings who like us have feelings, if we hurt them they feel pain and if we treat them with love and care, they would feel loved.
Thank you Beatrix for doing a very good research on these animals!
Wow what a intensive search on 80 different animals. Have always been a avid lover on animal discovery channel and understand all about animals. There are one or two species shown in there that I never once seen before.
In Tsem Rinpoche Blog we can practically learn almost everything.
🙂
Cool job. Keep it up Beatrix.
Do not keep a pet if you feel that you’re not responsible enough or you do not have the time and commitment to do so. Be responsible….
Is true they need more time to accompany them, walk, play, bath and etc….
Not just keep inside cage, give foods and water only….
Please treat animal equal…
Thanks Beatrix Ooi for sharing…..
Yes Wooi Shen, I could not agree more! And in addition to what you’ve said, we should also try to avoid zoos as much as possible, and anywhere else that traps wild animals.
If the animals were born and raised in captivity, that’s another story because they won’t be able to survive if they were released into the wild.
But for animals who are captured and trapped in a zoo, they should’ve been left in the wild. It’s the best place to study and learn about them, which is their natural habitat.
Thank you for your comment! I hope you will always keep speaking up for animal rights and help to raise awareness for responsible pet care among your friends and whoever else you meet!
Thank you Beatrix for the sharing. It’s such an interesting post on animals. The more we human know about the animals the more we feel how amazing they are. Haha, don’t ever think only human are special and amazing, or thinking of using animals for our interest – to work for us, to provide entertainment, for trasnportation, for medical experiment, as food and etc…
Thank you Beatrix for sharing this interesting and informative post. 🙂
There are many animals have their special characteristic that I know now after read your post.
Amazing goats and octopus have rectangular pupils which allow them to see nearly 360 degrees around themselves. Octopuses have nine brains — one central brain, eight at the base of each arm, for movement control — and blood the color blue from a protein called hemocyanin.
Thank you Rinpoche and the writers team.
Thank you Beatrix Ooi for such a informative write up about animals. We as a human I think for least of it we should respect all these animals who are very different from us at least we do not kill them because we are not the any being who live in this planet.
Thank you, Beatrix. Learning about the animal kingdom got me thinking the sky is the limit. What we think is impossible is truly possible for some other beings.
Example, I can’t imagine how certain animals such as the Arctic fox can survive temperatures as low as -60 degrees Fahrenheit while I myself suffer at just 20 degrees. LOL. I guess this is because the human realm and animal realm is just different.
As a human being, we have different limitations in physiques but not the mind. Animals cannot think in a cognitive manner like we do. Irregardless, animals do feel pain and emotions. They deserved to be treasured and left unharmed.
Good researched information, Beatrix. Many facts I didn’t know of until now. Some light comments instead of the usual boring ones. ?
Love,
Dad
#21 Sharks are immune to cancer.
I read of this many years ago that scientists were trying to find out the secret. But I guess they are still unsuccessful or maybe commercial politics has the upper hand.
#31 Starfish don’t die of old age.
Then how or what do they die of? Being eaten by predators?
#33 Hyenas regularly eat the faeces of other animals.
Eeeewww…I didn’t know of this.
#40 A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just on night.
Imagine if there’s a giant mole…the KL Smart Tunnel would have taken just days to be dug.
#59
Sea otters like to hold each other’s paws when sleepingso they don’t drift apart.
Awwww…I scratch your back, you scratch mine.
#63
Howler monkey – as the loudest land animal on Earth, they can be heard 3 miles away.
Who needs a bullhorn?
#69 A hedgehog heart beats 300 times a minute on average.
How many times when they’re in love? ??
#80 The Chinese soft shelled turtle is the first animal known to pee via its mouth.
Gross yet sad. Having the karma to be reborn as one. Long life, no speech but instead pee breath.
Hahahahaha PHO, what a unique comment from you! – “Gross yet sad. Having the karma to be reborn as one. Long life, no speech but instead pee breath.”
一个人能够拥有些兴趣爱好是一件好事，但是也得看个人的喜欢程度有多深才能将自己的爱好延续下去，不然就造成伤害，也是徒劳无功。
饲养宠物是一个责任，不是爱好，不是现在想要养就去买回来，不想要就把丢了这是非常不负责任，所以对动物都有感情，会感到开心，或是不开心，要人爱护，关心它们。
您養的是一个生命，而不是一个爱好！要有责任把它们照顾好，不要遗弃它们，
用仁爱之心善待生命，我们应该尊重所有的动物
This is a very interesting article and thanks for sharing Beatrix. Never knew of so many capabilities that the animals have.
This is just truly amazing. Imagine each individual animals have their own ‘special ‘ characteristics.
These are things which we didn’t know and it just blow your mind away on some of the nature of the animals.
Can you imagine the Horror Frog breaking its own bones to create claws.
Gold Fish has a memory of up to 5 months
These is so awesome. With this post I’m sure more people can be more aware of their pets needs and give them the love.
Thank you Beatrix for the interesting post.
This is a truly amazing deck of fun facts about animals. I enjoy reading it very much as well as learning a great deal about animals that I never knew before. For example:
1. Sharks cannot develop cancer – wow! I hope this is NOT the reason why people love shark fins.
2. Oyster can change gender – what an ability!
3. Octopuses have 9 brains – I wish we can too, then we can multitask better.
Thank you Rinpoche and Beatrix for this article. It is very entertaining.
Humbly, bowing down,
Stella Cheang
Dear Stella,
I’m glad that you enjoyed reading the article, the animal kingdom is fulled with amazing creatures which some of them, we have not even heard of. I too find the octopus fact very interesting, if only we can have that too hehe!
Thank you Beatrix for compiling so many cute animals with each of their characteristic and interesting facts not known by myself hehe.
We should treat all animal as equal, as they same like us has feelings, shares similar DNA, and are intelligent.
This article will be good for parents to show different animal facts, and teaching their children to love animals and treat each sentient being as equal.
Dear Frederick,
You’ve brought up a very good point there, parents should start educating their children about animals from a very young age to get them familiarised with the fact that animals are sentient beings too. They have not done anything to mankind and in my opinion, we should be fair and treat everyone living on this planet equally. 🙂
Very nice and interesting Beatrice, I have learned so much from this article. Fun to read and me me scrolling hehehe….
Dear Helene,
I’m very glad that you enjoyed the article and have learnt something from it, these animals are very interesting!
What an interesting article on things that I didn’t know about most of the animals. Imagine the Chinese soft-shell tortoise urinating through its mouth or getting poison by a bird (hooded Pitohui) or elephant shrew is actually related to the elephant. And most of all settling the argument of the Zebra being black with white stripes or white with black stripes.
Thanks Beatrix for writing this fun article.
Dear aunty Sofi,
I’m glad that you enjoyed the article, animals are extremely unique and it’s fun to learn about them 🙂
若要我选擇养一种宠物，我会首选狗。
小时候住在乡下地方，家里养了一隻菜狗，我们要去上学，需走一段好長的路才能到大路口，而它就会每天一大清早默默陪伴我们走到路口、看我们走远了！才回去，中午放学时，它又会準时守候在路口等我们回家，风雨不改l 直今我还是很怀念它，但愿它来世得人身，得聞佛法.其實动物你对它好，它们都能感受到．也不会出卖你，不管它是兇猛或馴良。那些喜欢吃野味的人，只要四脚朝天都殺来吃,我覚的不可思議，这些人并不晓的它们也会流血？也会痛？也有感觉？有一句偈语非常有意思「千百年来碗里羹，怨深似海悢难平，预知世上刀兵刧，但听夜半屠門声」。
Yoke Chim，的確，動物是有靈性的，只要我們對它們好， 它們一定
會感覺得到。 有時候， 動物會比那些不知感恩的人還來得好，因為至少它們不會做出甚麼傷天害理的事。 人類確實有很多地方必須向動物學習， 動物也是萬物之靈， 並沒有甚麼地位比誰高或類似的說法。謝謝妳的分享。:)
测試！
Thank you Beatrix for these fun facts about these animals. The information is really cool. What I have never thought about is the information for the goldfish. That really shocked me. I always thought they only have the memory of 3 seconds.
I am also shocked to see that the Chinese soft shell turtle pees from its mouth. I find that weird and slightly disgusting. But I guess what is considered as disgusting will be only be defined by how we perceive things. Thank you for sharing these interesting fun facts about the animals.
Dear Vinnie,
I used to think that about the goldfish too! It’s scary how myths can affect us. In society nowadays, we really can’t afford to follow other blindly, having knowledge is very crucial.
Such an interesting post, Beatrix. There are so many interesting facts that never crossed my mind and I am glad you share them with us. I always remember that goldfish have a short memory few seconds, that’s why they can live in a small glass tank amusing themselves with the views which always seems new and interesting for them. I mean few seconds of memory means things are always new to them. Hence, we always use “a goldfish memory” on someone who had bad memory, hehe! Thank you kindly for sharing with us.
Dear Pastor Adeline,
I’m glad that the article was interesting, I have never knew that goldfish have such a long term memory span because what I have been told in the past was, goldfish’s memory span can only last up to 7 secs or so. I’m glad that the myth is debunked. 🙂
So now that we know goldfish have a 5 month memory, that little bowl seems extremely cruel…
Thank you Beatrix! This article is very entertaining! I still can’t imagine how to pee through the mouth.
Thank you again,
Boon
I’m glad you enjoyed the article Boon! Hope to see you around more often! 🙂 Have a great week ahead!
This post was so interesting to read! One of my favourite posts for sure!
I think for me, the most unbelievable fact that I didn’t know was that the snow leopard can jump up to 50 feet in a single jump. If I’m being honest I am not sure i believe this or not xD I mean, 50 feet is a long way up and i can’t see any animal that can do that. But i will search it up and get to the bottom of that.
The second most interesting fact in the post was that ferrets sleep up to 20 hours a day. Thats the life i wish i could have! A life with so little responsibilities that i can sleep and sleep and sleep! How great would that be??? Couldn’t think of a better way to spend my time.
Dear Julien,
I’m glad that you find this post interesting, I have too learnt a lot from it. The animal kingdom is just amazing, full of wonderful and beautiful creatures. Regarding the snow leopard, I too find it slightly impossible but apparently, they are that awesome! Ferrets are cute and yes, I agree that they have a pretty good life hehe!
The star-nosed mole use its nose better known as the Eimer`s organs with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around. With the help of its Eimer’s organs, it may be perfectly poised to detect seismic wave vibrations.The mantis shrimp has two types of mantis shrimp. 1 is the smasher,its punch is so fast that water moves out of the way .2 is the spear it has mantis like claws but upside down .It ambushes its prey by stabbing it.the mantis shrimp`s eyes move indenpendently .thank you for sharing
Thank you for the extra information Aldan, they are very helpful 🙂 These creatures are very incredible indeed, they have the special abilities which we humans do not have. Mankind is not so superior after all 🙂 To read more about animal-related article: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/animals-vegetarianism
Dear jiejie Beatrix,
did u know that the Cassowary can swallow an apple hole.If u have time go to youtube and type; Animal Facts That Will Make You Feel Weird;
Dear Aldan,
Thank you very much for sharing, I never knew about that. I will definitely check it out! 🙂
Thank you jiejie Beatrix for posting this blog post . I have a pond and an aquarium full of fish and small little shrimp. And there is a lot I don’t know about animals . I only know the basics of animals but this is really cool!
Hello Hayden! I’m glad that you have learnt from this post, while I was doing the research, I have also learnt a lot because most of the facts listed here are the ones I have not heard or read about too. There’s a list of interesting animals related articles on the blog which you can go and read up at your free time 🙂 : https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/animals-vegetarianism
Dear Beatrix
Thank you for sharing this interesting articles. I am not an animal lover however i do not like to see animals in bad shape and ill treated. Once i was asked by my ex colleagues to have a dog as a companion. I said no as knowing my parents cannot accept it. Like what you said it is a responsibility and commitment as they are also sentient beings. They need care and love like all of us.
Not knowing some of the existence till i read this articles of yours. Some of are huge , weird and scary.
Keep it up.
Rgds
Cecilia Goh
Hello Cecilia,
I totally agree with what you have shared here, keeping a pet is a huge responsibility as it involves taking care something that’s alive, a sentient being. It’s definitely not something to be taken very lightly.
I’m glad you find the article interesting, hope to see you around more often. Have a great weekend! 🙂
Dear Bea,
Good job on this one. So many interesting facts that I didn’t know. Here’s one from me. Did you know that ostriches eat small pebbles/stones to help with their digestive system?
I really like the one about sea otters holding hands while sleeping. So cute!
Thank you for this post. I really enjoyed reading it. 🙂
Dear aunty Sharon,
Oh wow, I know some birds who eat pebbles to help with their digestion but I did not know that ostriches do the same thing as well. That’s amazing!
I find the sea otters really cute as well, this shows that animals are just like us, they need love and companions.
I’m glad you enjoyed reading the post, have a great weekend! 🙂
Thaank you so much Beatrix lah sharing such amazing facts, i learnt lots of new animals though. They are very mind blowing ones… creatures are created in unique ways. Some are really weird hehe. Thank you
Dear Mr. Pema,
I’m glad that you find the article interesting and educational, I myself have learnt a lot from this article. Animals are truly amazing creatures and yes, just likes humans, some are really weird hehehe! Have a great weekend! 🙂
Wow, the animal kingdom sure is absolutely fascinating! This page has so many interesting facts that i did not know about. Some of them however, i did, especially the one about the giraffe’s tongue. I remember a holiday in Kenya, during which i was able to feed a giraffe in the wild, and their tongues are really long and feel like sandpaper. That is one event that I’m not going to forget any time soon!
I really like the picture and fact about the sea otters. It is incredible to see that they do this and is very cute to see. It shows that animals are sentient beings, something that we all need to remember as Buddhist practitioners.
Giraffes do have very rough tongues! I remember when I was young, I went to the safari and there was a session where the public was allowed to feed the giraffes some bananas. When I saw their super long tongues, I backed down really quickly and did not dare to feed them. My brother did however, and the giraffe almost swallowed his hand, it was so funny hahaha!
The sea otters are truly cute, I agreed with what you have written, this goes to show that animals do have feelings 🙂
Glad you likes the article.
Like you, I also prefer dogs as my pets rather than any other animals. Since young, my family had dogs all our lives. We have received lots of protection from our dogs including their love and attention but taking care of them is huge responsibility that we cannot neglect, especially when we need to be away.
Anyhow, I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the many weird characters you shared on other animals which I didn’t know existed.
My particular favorites were ostrich roars like a lion. I would have mistaken them to a real lion’s roar. To get rid of scorpions were to place alcohol on them? Maybe not so cruel. Particularly cancer cannot affect sharks at all? Perhaps medical research can find out if that can help cure human cancer illness too. Lastly, the Chinese soft-shelled turtle can pee through its mouth? That’s rather grose.
DO keep up your writing as this was an interesting article to learn about on ‘weirdness’ of animals.
Thank you aunty May, I’m glad that you have enjoyed reading the article. I must say that the ostrich and shark ones were really interesting. It’d be exciting to hear an ostrich roar hehehe!
Dear Beatrix Ooi
Thanks for sharing this interesting article.I didn’t know at all till i read it.
Do agree with you that kindness is the greatest wisdom.
Thanks again.
Hello Sam, I’m glad that the article was helpful 🙂 If you’re into animals, there’s a section on this blog that features a list of animals related articles- https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/animals-vegetarianism I hope you enjoy reading them, have a nice weekend! 🙂