Hedgehogs, being unable to groom properly because of their spines, have evolved to tolerate a certain level of parasite infestation. If some helpful soul de-fleas a hedgehog, the animal shows withdrawal symptoms very similar to a recovering heroin addict.
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Gases in the atmosphere reflecting specific wavelengths of light at specific angles are what give the sky it's blueish tinge during the day and more colorful changes during the twilight and sunset hours.
Gravity on the small scale works well enough, it's when you get into the range of stars and larger bodies of matter that it doesn't work, like black holes.Beldaros said:
Pardon my error. I should have said they kill more people in Africa than any other animal. I'd quote 2nd hand knowledge from someone's who's been to Africa and been told by natives, but I guess it'd be disregarded. So here's some links. Believe it or not.tthor said:
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18329281_ITM
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1862/are-hippos-the-most-dangerous-animal
As far as Mosquitos, they kill indirectly by transmitting disease.
For fucks sake. This is something like the fourth time I have disproved this fact in the past 6 months. IT IS A FUCKING LIE. There is no evidence towards this. Anyone repeating this drivel should be taken out back and shot. It's quite and easy fact to (dis)prove, what with laws being written down and all.lilmisspotatoes said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb#Thumb_used_for_regulation
It never existed. Stop perpetuating this nonsense.
Did nobody think of the word "with", I mean, imagine saying "No words in the english language rhyme WITH myth". Irony!Zildjin81 said:
I am suspect about a Goldfish's memory. We used to feed goldfish (they being the cheapest fish) to my friend's pet piranhas. Usually, the goldfish all die in about 30 seconds (note: the piranhas prefer to eat them whole if they can). Once, one of the goldfish survived the initial feeding frenzy for about 2 minutes; it spent most of that time running and hiding, but at the end of it suddenly decided to stop running or hiding, and was eaten.Julianking93 said:
On a related note, piranhas are far less aggressive than hyped up to be. It is completely safe to stick your arm in a piranha tank (we did this several times) provided you do not corner the fish and they aren't starving (hungry is ok; they won't attack something larger than them unless desperate). Apparently, the "piranhas can eat a cow down to its skeleton in 2 minutes" factoid is both true and misleading; it came when a batch of piranha were prepared by starving them in order to impress Teddy Roosevelt when he visited. The desperately starving fish tore the cow to shreds in under 2 minutes, reportedly.
Really? I actually did not know that. You are, in fact, the first to correct me. What does murple mean?stinkychops said:
It's venomous spurs for a platypus not spines.Jokermonster said:
And giraffes require high blood pressure to pump from their heart up to their neck so they have larger cardiac muscles to accomplish this, however their heart beats slower than that of a human. Also for humans if the main aorta is lacerated it can spray the blood 6 feet up
They may have tested it or just made a generalisation since gorilla DNA and human DNA are like 98% similarNuclearPenguin said:
Did you know:
Cats have no feeling whatsoever in the scruff of their neck
Glass windows are actually liquid
There are 2 different species of zebra
It is possible to directly transfer a cold to species of ape/monkey
I can't really think of many good ones at the moment so just noting down what comes to me from reading other posts