Originally posted by elvendreamgirlwhat do they die of (if not eaten by next doors chiwawa)? DO they have a prepensity ot certain disporders that kills them off before they can get old?
rabbits never die of old age.
What is dying of 'old age' anyway? Is it just when your systems aren't renewing themselves fast enough any more, getting less and less efficient until they are unable to support life?
Originally posted by belgianfreakRabbits are the quintessential prey animal. They are eaten or wounded and die from predator attack. They are also run over by vehicles now in modern times.
what do they die of (if not eaten by next doors chiwawa)? DO they have a prepensity ot certain disporders that kills them off before they can get old?
What is dying of 'old age' anyway? Is it just when your systems aren't renewing themselves fast enough any more, getting less and less efficient until they are unable to support life?
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Well, I have tons of useless facts; some are a little disturbing. Lets start with bats:
Bat "pups" are really big babies, weighing in at a quarter of their moms weight. Thats like your mom giving birth to a kid the size of a first grader.
Bats are the only flying mammals. Flying squirrels don't really fly, they glide, and lemurs actually leap.
Male malaysian fruit bats can produce milk. They do have breasts and do lactate.
Bats hang upside down to suport their weight. If they tried to stand up, they would topple over.
Your palms are the sweatiest part of your body.
The biggest roach in the world was seen in Madagascar. It was 5in long and was a hissing roach.
Roaches can flatten themselves to slide into holes. The flattest ever reported was as thin as a piece of paper.
Roaches belong to the same family as crickets and grasshoppers.
Human hair grows about 6in a year.
Blondes have more hair on their head than brunettes and red heads.
When your hair is wet it can stretch to 1 1/2 times its normal length.
Every day, somewhere between 50 and 100 hairs fall off your head.
When human hait grows 3ft long, it generally stops growing.
In 1989 a woman in India made her fame by growing her hair out to be 21ft long.
Ancient romans used pigeon poop to dye their hair blonde.
Moray eels have been reported to grow up to 15ft.
The top 10 foods that make you "airborne" (in order) are, beans, bran, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carbonated drinks, cauliflower, some dairy products, onions, and white bread.
Urm, how to say this politely, male fleas have not one, but two things.
A fly responds to light 10 faster than we do. Their wings can beat 180 times a second.
The tongue of the fly has a spongey surface.
A fly's body is completely covered in hair.
Mommy flies can lay 75 to 150 eggs at one time. Thats 600 to 1000 babies during their lifetime.
Flies don't have lungs. Thy suck their air through a hole in their midsection.
Flies have a clear blood.
Flies are ALWAYS pooping or throwing up. So if one lands on your sandwich, please throw it out.
In the 1700s in Europe women were expected to were hats that were 3 ft high and 5ft wide. How did they get through doors?
Corsets were made of whalebone at one time.
There are some horrid facts about animals for food that I won't talk about here. If you want the tell me privately.
Leeches! My favorite! A single meal for a leech can last up to 9 months.
The typical leech can consume 10 times his body weight. If you weigh 100 pounds, thats like eating 1000 pounts worth of food.
There are more than 300 different kinds of leeches.
Leeches aren't really male or female. But they still need a partner to reproduce.
Freshwater leeches love humans while saltwater prefers seafood.
Leeches have mouths that have 3 jaws and somewhere between 60 and 100 teeth.
Leeches can even live in the Artic or Antartica.
When a leech is eating, it can't feel anything. You could cut it in half and if would still eat away.
Leeches come in three colors, brown, black, or puke green.
Leeches can also have 4-10 pairs of eyes.
I also have some stuff about maggots. Message me if you want the gross facts.
Napoleon had mites.
Mummy is the aribic word for bitumen, which is tar.
Egyptians scooped out the mummies brains through their nose. They thoguht that the brain was unimportant and you thought with your heart instead.
About 44 gallons of blood get washed by your kidneys everyday. Thats 2 bathtubs full.
Fresh urine is cleaner than spit, your hands after you've washed them, and a cheese sandwich.
Not too long ago doctors would actually taste peoples pee to see if you had disbetes.
Romans used to brush their teeth with pee.
By the time you're 70 you will have pooped a pile of crap about the size of an SUV.
- I guess those were too much information.
When a wound gives off a yellow crusty pus its trying to heal.
Rats can fall from 5 story buildings and land or their feet. This DOES NOT mean you can go shove some poor rat out a window.
They can climb up brick walls.
Scorpions can go for a year without eating.
Their motabolism is slower than a carrots.
When dinosaurs were around, scorpions could reach up to 3ft long.
Scorpions don't have tails.
They can live up to 15 years.
Scorpions take about 3-4 years to mature.
Fugu (blowfish) can cost $400, might taste funny, and can kill you.
A baby skunk can spray musk at 1 month old.
Owls are the skunks main enemy besides cars.
Skunks used to be ferrets and badgers.
Skunks can eat live wasps and bees.
A sneeze can travel at 90mph.
In the 1500s books on manners advised you to pick your nose with one finger instead of 2. I cannot believe I'm related to them.
If you want more snot stuff e-mail me.
The goliath bird eating spider can be as big as a dinner plate.
As I'm reading this book I'm looking at this one picture of a toilet seat thats made from 24 karat gold, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. The money some people have...
In the dark ages, people used to wipe themselves with sponges and use it over and over again.
Sorry if I went a little too far with those. I thought they were interesting. Well, if you want any more info on the subjects I talked about, e-mail me.
Originally posted by usmc7257I'll never swim again.....SEMPER FI
a whale ejaculates an average of 400 gallons of sperm during mating. only 7 percent of this actually makes it into his mate.
no wonder to ocean is so salty...
This has got to be the stupidest.....
Kids who grow up with big back yards are 73% more likely to kill themselves...