An interesting fact about mammals. Interesting facts about predatory mammals, insectivorous

Mammals are amazing animals that filled our planet from the hot countries of Africa and to cold Antarctica. They can be found almost everywhere, these unique inhabitants of our globe are very similar in behavior to humans: they also nurse their cubs, feed them with milk and take care of them. An interesting fact about mammals: earlier such an animal as a beaver was considered a fish, so the Catholic Church used its meat on fast days, Orthodox believers in general refused to eat such a product, because they were sure that he was a saint.

Test rats

Now in many countries some mammals have tamed and made domestic animals, for example a cow, a goat, an ox. An interesting fact about mammals: mice are by far the most common experimental subjects, who, by their example, show the side effect of one or another invented drug. It has also been proven that mice can completely repair the damaged muscle tissue of the heart, which has led all laboratories of the world into shock. Previously, such an opportunity in mammals was not, as they stand higher on the ladder of evolution.

Scary Beasts

Mammals include also tigers, jaguars, pumas, which are predatory animals of our planet. Despite their frightening appearance, many scientists are still studying their behavior and habitat. Interesting facts about predatory mammals on the example of a tiger:

• One beast has more than 100 stripes of color on its skin, while tigers with the same color can not be found;
• A tiger of small size can eat 30 kilograms of meat for one meal;
• If you shave the animal, the streaks will remain on the body;
• Estimated that around 6,000 of these mammals remain in the world;
• Tigers mark the territory with the help of urine and scratches on brother-in-law;
• Animals have strong and persistent tendons on their paws, so there have been cases when after the murder this species of mammals remained standing.

Interesting facts about mammals can be found almost everywhere, often on some channels show programs about animals, where they tell about their most incredible behavior and appearance.

Huge and not terrible

This characteristic refers to an elephant that represents a family of mammals and has large, directly huge dimensions, striking, but not intimidating at all. In thousands of zoos, you can meet these amazing animals, they surprise with their size, way of eating, and the amount of fluid withdrawn from the body. Interesting facts about mammals (elephants):

• Animals communicate with each other on high-frequency sounds that a person does not recognize;
• The average lifetime of elephants, as in many people - 70 years, but there are also long-livers;
• The heart of the mammal produces 30 beats per minute due to the large weight reaching 25 kilograms;
• The emotionality of the animals is amazing: they know how to rejoice, to cry after the loss of relatives, and they are also prone to take care of the dying and sick participants in the herd.

An interesting fact about mammals: in the 20th century, 2 public murders were committed. For the first time, the elephant Topsy died of an electric shock for trampling 3 people. After 13 years, another female was sentenced to death by hanging.

Unique and fluffy

Still other representatives of mammals are proteins, which surprise with their eccentricity and the ability to jump on a wide variety of distances. It is these animals that can swim beautifully, lifting their tail up, if it gets wet, it will have to go to the bottom. An interesting fact about mammals is protein:

• Forgetfulness: sometimes they do not remember where they put their supplies for the winter, and therefore they occasionally have to spend a hungry winter;
• According to rumors, the protein eats only cones, but it is not so, it does not mind eating eggs from nests, attacking young chicks or even hares;
• On the example of these animals it is impossible to know the time of their reproduction, since they do not tend to breed in captivity;
• Women from Croatia were strictly forbidden to eat meat protein, because it was believed that the child will be born black.

No matter how absurd the interesting facts about mammals seem, however, they are really so, and people sincerely believe in everything that is prescribed by their social concepts, race or faith. It is very scary, when the inhabitants of the planet for any convictions kill innocent animals, try to harm or even destroy, contrary to the law.

Bellowing Beasts

Mammals are also bears, which are considered predatory animals. Despite their awesome and huge appearance, some of them eat insects: ants and bugs. Interesting facts about insectivorous mammalian bears:

• In psychology, these animals are close to man;
• Some bears eat sweet, and therefore their teeth tend to spoil, fall out and even ache;
• In recent years, polar animals killed seven people in Canada;
• When the antiseptic hits the white bear, its fur becomes purple;
• Use the liver of a bear is prohibited, because you can supersaturate the body with vitamin A;
• According to statistics, only the pregnant females go into hibernation.

Murder or pardon

According to statistics, on our planet every year from the killing and mockery suffer numerous animals that are not listed in the Red Book, but, unfortunately, are on the verge of extermination. Many people do not even think about the fact that animals are just such full-fledged inhabitants of the planet. Despite the countless associations for the protection of animals, they continue to be killed. It is not clear only one thing, in fact whether people are indifferent to the world around us, or whether these associations work in such a way that all the money received is not actually spent in the direction.

If you begin to respect the living nature and all its inhabitants, then you will not need to pay many contributions to their protection, you just need to start looking at yourself. To protect all mammals is the duty of everyone, the duty of the highest human race.