Birds cannot go into outer space, because they use gravity to assist them in swallowing, so they’d quickly choke and die in a non-gravity environment.

Giraffes can’t cough.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature. Or into Rosie Odonnell!

The stomach acids in a snake’s stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair.

Birds do not sleep in their nests, although they may rest in them from time to time.

The giant Pacific octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.

Cows are the only mammals that pee backwards.

Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

The duckbill platypus can store as many as six hundred worms in the pouches of its cheeks.

The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years.

Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.

Deer can’t eat hay.

Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.

Guinea pigs and rabbits can’t sweat.

Ostriches are often not taken seriously. They can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.

Snakes don’t bite in rivers or swamps because they would drown if they did.

St. Bernard dogs do not carry kegs of brandy, and never have but Rosie Odonnell has.

The oyster is usually ambisexual. Through its life it will change from male to female and back again numerous times.

Sharks never stop moving, even when they sleep or rest.

In 1992 five cows were killed in drive by shootings in Clay County, Missouri.