دانستنی های حیوانات
1. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart.
سمورهای آبی دستهای هم را وقتی که خواب هستند برای اینکه گم نشوند میگیرند.
2. Squirrels plant thousands of new trees each year simply by forgetting where they put their acorns.
سنجاب ها هر ساله هزارها درخت میکارند چونکه فراموش می کنند بلوط هایشان را کجا گذاشته اند
3. When playing with female puppies, male puppies will often let them win, even if they have a physical advantage.
توله سگهای نر هنگام بازی با توله سگهای ماده اغلب اجازه می دهند که آنها برنده شوند حتی اگر یک امتیاز فیزیکی نسبت به آنها داشته باشند
4. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
لاکپشت ها می توانند از بین لاکشان نفس بکشند.
5. Cows have best friends.
گاو ها بهترین دوستان هم هستند.
6. Gentoo penguins propose to their lifemates with a pebble.
پنگوئن جنتو پیشنهاد زندگی با جفتش را بایک سنگ ابراز می کند
7. A prison in Washington pairs up “death row” shelter cats with select inmates as part of a rehabilitation program. It seems to be a pretty wonderful thing for both the inmates and the cats.
یک زندان در واشنگتن در بخش زندانیان اعدامی ، با انتخاب زندانیان به عنوان قسمتی از برنامه توانبخشی آنها از گربه ها حمایت می کند.به نظر میرسد چیز شگفت انگیز زیبایی برای گربه ها و زندانیان باشد
8. Macaques in Japan use coins to buy vending machine snacks.
بوزینه ها در ژاپن می توانند از سکه برای خرید میان وعده از ماشین فروش استفاده کنند
9. Norway knighted a penguin.
قهرمان نروژ یک پنگوئن است
10. In China, killing a Panda is punishable by death.
در چین کشتن یک پاندا مجازاتش مرگ است
11. Rats laugh when tickled.
موشهای صحرایی وقتی که قلقلک شوند می خندند.
12. Spiders can’t fly.
عنکبوت ها نمی توانند پرواز کنند
13. Sweden has a rabbit show-jumping competition called Kaninhoppning.
سوئد خرگوش در حال پریدن در مسابقه را کانینهوپینگ نامیده
14. Pigs’ orgasms last for 30 minutes
به ارگاسم رسیدن خوک ها 30 دقیقه طول ی کشد
15. Dolphins have names for each other.
دلفین ها برای هم اسم انتخاب می کنند
16. Puffins mate for life. They make their homes on cliff sides and set aside room for their toilet.
17. A study measuring the effects of music found that cows produce more milk when listening to soothing music. They produce the most when listening to R.E.M’s “Everybody Hurts.”
18. Oysters can change gender depending on which is best for mating.
19. Japanese Macaques make snowballs for fun.
20. The closest relatives to the elephant shrew are actually elephants, not shrews.
21. A cat version of the corgi exits: the munchkin cat.
22. There is a program that makes prison inmates responsible for training and raising seeing-eye dogs. Many reported that they felt like they were making amends for their past actions by working with the puppies.
23. Seahorses mate for life, and when they travel they hold each others’ tails.
24. Before chicks hatch, they can communicate with each other and their mother through a system of sounds.
25. Dogs’ nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.
26. Turritopsis nutricula Immortal jellyfish is the only species known to live forever.
27. Long-time bird watcher and nature writer Candace Savage has observed that crows are so intelligent they can play pranks on each other.
28. Butterflies taste with their feet.
29. There have been studies that show that goats, like us, have accents.
30. Squirrels will adopt other squirrels babies if they are abandoned.
It’s hard to say what it is about animals that we love the most – their cute or beautiful looks, their natural innocence or the emotional reactions that they elicit from us. But whatever the case may be, one of these 30 happy animal facts is bound to bring a smile to your face.