Unbelievable but True Facts about Dinosaurs

• The meaning of word dinosaur is Terrible Lizard. It is derived from Greek word “Deinos” which means Terrible and “sauros” which means lizard.

• The period during which Dinosaurs dominated earth is called Jurassic period or Jurassic age.

• Dinosaurs’ first appearance on Earth is about 248 to 213 millions year old.

• Dinosaurs became extinct about 65 millions years ago.
• The first skeleton of Dinosaur was found in 1858.
• Most of the species of Dinosaur hatch form the egg.
• All the information that we have today on Dinosaurs is based on analysis of frozen fossils.
• Blue Whales are the largest creatures on earth even larger than the dinosaurs.

 

• There are about seven hundred species of dinosaurs.
• It is believed that dinosaurs died due to hunger. The reason of non-availability of foods was an asteroid which crashed on Earth and blocked the sunlight due to which food became scarce and dinosaurs starved to death.
• The smallest dinosaur was about the size of a chicken known as “Compsognathus”.
• The largest dinosaur was about 40 meters long.
• Plant-eating Dinosaurs are called “Herbivores” whereas meat-eating dinosaurs are called “Carnivores”.
• Most of the dinosaur species were Herbivores (Plant eaters).
• It is believed that some dinosaurs could run as fast as 25 miles per hour.

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Interesting Facts about Elephants

Elephant is considered to be the largest mammal living on land.

Following are the interesting facts about this amazing creature:

1. Elephants are of two types. These are African elephants and Asian elephants.
2. African elephants are generally larger than Asian elephants
3. The difference between both types is due to the structure of ear. African elephants ears are larger than Asian Elephants ears.
4. In Asian Elephants only the males have tusks whereas in case of African elephants, both the sexes have tusks.
5. Elephant can eat upto approximately 160 Kgs of Food per day.
6. The major enemies of elephants include lions, humans and hyenas.
7. Elephants are normally hunted by human beings who want to sell their precious ivory tusks.
8. Elephants generally eat grass, leaves, roots, fruits and buds.
9. Elephants can weigh about 4 to 8 tons.
10. Pregnancy period in elephants is twenty two months.
11. Newly born baby elephant is known as calf.
12. Female elephant can give birth once in five years.
13. The maturity age for reproduction in twelve to fourteen years.
14. Only one calf is born at a time. Generally there can be no twins or triplets.

Interesting Facts about Killer Whales

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Facts about Killer Whales

Killer Whales are also known as ORCA. These are the deadliest animal on plant earth. To know more, read the below article:

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT KILLER WHALES

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Yes. Thumbelina is the smallest horse in the world. If you would like to know more about thumbelina and see his pictures, read the following article.

Strange Animal Facts. World's smallest horse Thumbelina