Animal tidbits

No, not to eat, just some pretty interesting facts about them.

Fish do not have eyelids and therefore cannot blink. Since
fish live in water, they have no need for the hydration of
the eyeball that an eyelid provides.

Makes sense, huh? Anyway, this one I've heard before, the others were new to me.

Next!

Australian scientists have identified some species of baby
spiders that bite off the limbs of their mothers and eat
them slowly over a period of weeks. The researchers state
the maternal sacrifice keeps the young from eating one
another.

Um, do the limbs grow back or does the mother only have one batch of babies?

A cat wags only the last two inches when it is happy. When
it wags its whole tail, it is angry.

Ah, now I know when I should approach a cat. But first I have to find a ruler. lol

Elephants are particularly fond of beer and other forms of
alcohol. They are known to seek out fermenting fruits in
Asia. In India, where elephants are regularly paraded,
onlookers occasionally offer them beer and liquor; many
times, a drunken elephant has 'run amok' and has had to be
shot in order to protect the crowd.

So, do NOT feed elephants liquor!

The hippopotamus is, next to the elephant, the heaviest of
all land animals. It may weigh as much as 8,000 pounds
(3,629 kg) and is also a close relative of the pig.

They're related?!

The kinkajou, a nocturnal fruit-eating mammal of South
America, has a tail twice as long as its body. Every night,
it wraps itself in its tail and uses it as a pillow. The
kinkajou is related to the racoon.

Wow, that's useful. I'd like one too! :P