Saturday, March 13, 2010

Do you know?

 A SNAKE DOES NOT BLINK its EYES AT ALL. IT HAS NO EYELIDS!

 THE DOG WAS THE FIRST ANIMAL TO BE DOMISTICATED.

 THE PIRANHA OF THE AMAZON HAS A SUCH SHARP TEETH THE TUCUNA INDIANS USE THEM AS RAZORS!

 THE MAKO SHARK, ONE OFT THE FASTEST PREDATORS IN THE OCEAN, CAN MAKE A SHOT BURSTS OF 80 KPH AND JUMP TWICE IN THE LENGTH ABOVE THE SUNFACE!

 WHEN ANTS FIND FOOD, THEY LAY DOWN A TRAIL OF SPECIFIC HORMONES.THIS ENABLES OTHER ANTS TO FIND THEIR WAY FROM THE NEST TO THE FOOD SOURCE.

 AN OSTRICH’S EYE ARE NEARLY BIG AS TENNIS BALLS.

 MANY BEARS HAVE ROTTEN TEETH.WHY? BECAUSE THEY LOVE SWEET FOODS.ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE FOODS IS HONEY, WHICH THEY STEAL FROM BEE-HIVES.

 HOOLOCK GIBBONS ARE TYPE OF TREE-DWELLING APE THAT IS UNIQUE IN THAT THEY HAVE BALL-AND SOCKET JOINTS IN THEIR WRISTS.

 TAJ MAHAL IS MADE OF WHITE MARBLE.

 IN 1881-82, INDIA HAD ONLY SIX WOMEN IN ITS UNIVERSITIES.WOMEN HAVE COME LONG WAY SINCE THEN!

 ‘MEIN KAMPH’ IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HITLER.

 COINS WERE FIRST MADE IN 7th CENTURY B.C. BY PEOPLE IN ASIA MINOR

 Courtesy: My niece Vidya Arasu.

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