Animal Facts

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Elephants are excellent swimmers but they cannot trot, jump, or gallop.

Elephants have an exceptional sense of hearing. This is because their hearing receptors are not located only in their ears, but also in trunks that are sensitive to vibrations, and even more significantly feet, which have special receptors for low frequency sound.

10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans.

Lions are the only members of the cat family where males and females look distinctly different.

During a mating bout, a lion couple may copulate 20 to 40 times a day for several days.

The night vision of tigers is six times better than that of humans.