Browsing through the old photos in my Blackberry, I came upon these interesting tidbits of information.
The photo was taken in Manila Ocean Park when we visited it in March of this year.
Did You Know (Or Didn't you Know)?
- A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
- Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
- The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds (while the average human tongue has 2,000-8,000 taste buds).
- A person who studies fish is called an Ichthyologist.
- Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don’t have eyes.
- Sharks never get sick; they are immune to all known diseases. (Actually, they are immune to almost every known disease).
- Did you know pearls are found in oysters? The largest pearl ever found was 620 carats! (the Pearl of Lao Tzu, discovered in the Philippines).
- The swordtail is the fastest swimmer of all fish.
- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, its tongue is as long as an elephant.
- The blue whale is the largest animal on earth.
~florent flora
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