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screwtop
03-21-2007, 11:26 AM
I was surprised the other day to find out that the duckbill platypus (apart from being living proof that God has a sense of humor) is actually a venomous mammal. The males have barbs on their hind appendages.

Nobody probably cares, but I had to break in my new avatar somehow("Willie the Groundskeeper") is officially retired.

Anyone have more worthless animal trivia?
Belquar
03-21-2007, 01:50 PM
All calico cats and tortoise colored cats are female.

Almost all orange cats are male.

Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

Brazoria County in Southeast Texas is the only county in the United States and Canada to have every kind of poisonous snake found in those two countries.
barryg
03-21-2007, 02:06 PM
Whould that be rattlesnake, copperhead, cottenmouth, and corral snake? Inquiring minds want to know.
Gil
03-21-2007, 02:06 PM
Male sugargliders have two (u-hum) male organs. Yup, That's right. Two!:dance
Belquar
03-21-2007, 02:11 PM
Whould that be rattlesnake, copperhead, cottenmouth, and corral snake? Inquiring minds want to know.

Yes.
godzilla
03-21-2007, 02:11 PM
Labrador Retrievers are not orginally from Labrador. They are from Newfoundland.
Belquar
03-21-2007, 02:17 PM
Scientists have discovered that dogs can smell the presence of autism in children.

Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.
warredon
03-21-2007, 03:04 PM
A duck's quack does echo. Click Here (http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm)
PAULBACH
03-21-2007, 03:18 PM
Those birds houses for purple martins rarely work.

The most effective way to kill mosquitoes is to cultivate the brown bat.

A single little brown bat can catch 1,200 mosquitoes-sized insects in just one hour.
knary
03-21-2007, 03:23 PM
Cats can't taste "sweet".
ironMan
03-21-2007, 06:24 PM
Cats can't taste "sweet".

Unless you cover them with molasses.
knary
03-21-2007, 06:28 PM
Unless you cover them with molasses.

:rofl

you owe me a keyboard and a cup of tea
rgvilla
03-21-2007, 06:38 PM
You heard about the horse that went into the bar, the bartender asked "why the long face?":jester
BradfordBenn
03-21-2007, 07:37 PM
Newfoundland dogs are from Newfoundland:stick
Callmethebreeze
03-21-2007, 07:40 PM
A Jewish guy with a pigeon on his shoulder walks into a bar in New York. the bartender takes one look at them and says, "hey where did you get him?" The pigeon replies, "hey pal, this is Manhattan, these guys are everywhere!!!

Breeze

BTW The walrus has the second largest member of all mammals..........
Bob_M
03-21-2007, 09:23 PM
I was surprised the other day to find out that the duckbill platypus (apart from being living proof that God has a sense of humor) is actually a venomous mammal. The males have barbs on their hind appendages.

Anyone have more worthless animal trivia?

The Platypus also lays eggs! (still a mammal)

The Parasitic Jaeger (Open ocean bird) harries and hassles other birds, even deft flyers like terns, with such agression, that the victim gets so flustered that it disgorges (yup vomits) the contents of its stomach, whereupon the Jaeger swoops down and grabs the falling bits in the air!

One more... My dog knows when it is dinner time ... gotta go :blah
chfite
03-22-2007, 08:24 AM
Australian Shepherds originated in the United States, not Australia.
hlothery
03-22-2007, 08:40 AM
Brazoria County in Southeast Texas is the only county in the United States and Canada to have every kind of poisonous snake found in those two countries.

And that does not even begin to match the Jackalope.........:nyah
mrich12000
03-22-2007, 08:57 AM
Those birds houses for purple martins rarely work.

The most effective way to kill mosquitoes is to cultivate the brown bat.

A single little brown bat can catch 1,200 mosquitoes-sized insects in just one hour.
:wave :eat :eat :drink :eat :bottle :buds :clap Up at my cottage in the Kawarthas the Ontario govenment utilizes these wonderous bats for that type of control :thumb
mrich12000
03-22-2007, 09:09 AM
Newfoundland dogs are from Newfoundland:stick
Great with kids and ducks:laugh
Newstar
03-22-2007, 09:13 AM
You can lead a cow up a flight of stairs but they cannot go down.

(courtesy of my dad who left a cow in the dean's office in college. He tells me they had to get a crane and knock out a few windows to remove the cow from the building. Luckily he was not caught!)
godzilla
03-22-2007, 10:19 AM
The reason they use donkeys in the Grand Canyon is because they are more sure-footed than horses.

The reason they made covered bridges was to fool horses to cross rivers. The horse thinks it is going into a barn.

My wife wants a Newfie dog. (Mrs. Godzilla was born in New Brunswick, but they moved to Newfoundland when she was a baby, only returning to NB when she was 9.) They are big and expensive. And I really don't need to rescue anyone out of the White River. Newfie dogs are trained for water rescue. I'd rather have a Lab, which are one of the most popular breeds, according to the AKA.

(Many of the roads in NFLD were built by her dad, Jackie. Not animal trivia, but trivia nonetheless!)