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Fun Animal Facts

Here are a few fun facts to learn and share with others.

• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
• A snail can sleep for three years.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
  
• A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
  
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
• In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
  

Compiled by Farmers' Almanac TV staff.