Crows have been shown to be as smart as great apes. They are able to show imagination and anticipation of possible future events and are able to solve problems that require abstract reasoning.
A 19 foot long Australian alligator has a bite force of 3,700 pounds. That’s the highest bite force ever recorded.
The opossum is the only marsupial in North America.
The whiptail lizard is an all-female species. The males have gone completely extinct. Interestingly, they are not hermaphroditic. The females actually lay and hatch from unfertilized eggs.Ā
The pangolin is a mammal that looks like a reptile because of its scales. Its scales are made of keratin which is the same material as human fingernails.
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno~
The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry Cate, VII~
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office! ~Aesop~
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers~
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev~
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton~
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author unknown~
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer~
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~Adlai Stevenson, 1952~
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~ Tex Guinan~
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle~
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson~Ā
There ought to be one day — just one — when there is open season on Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~
Domestic animals are a lot smarter than you might realize. In fact, some pets will actually pretend to be sick just to get special attention from their owners.
About 16% ofĀ The Van cats of Eastern Turkey, which are a naturally occurring breed, all have white fur, mismatched eyes, and love to swim.
Jellyfish are ninety-eight percent water, so when they wash up on the shore, they will eventually evaporate in the sun.
The megamouth shark, first discovered back in 1976, is a species of shark so rare that only sixty of them have ever been captured or identified on record.
Tigers are nicer than lions. Lions fight to the death over a kill, but tigers that come across other tigers while hunting often share their meals. Male tigers even wait for females and their cubs to eat first.
