Interesting Facts

25 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS

1. Houseflies, although they live for 14 days, have good hearing. All of them buzz on the key in F Major.

2. Ostriches can run faster than a horse, and a male ostrich can roar no worse than a lion.

3. Bats are the only mammals that can fly

4. Kangaroos use their tails for balance, so if you lift the tail of the kangaroo above the ground, it will not be able to jump.

5. According to statistics, there are 50,000 spiders per acre of land.

6. Tiger stripes are unique, like human fingerprints.

7. If you were suddenly bitten by a crocodile, then you just have to put enough pressure on his eyes and he will let you go.

8. Fleas jump to a height 200 times their size, this is approximately if a person could jump onto the Ostankino television tower.

9. There are 32 muscles in each cat’s ear.

10. Elephants can smell water for 5 kilometers.

11. Koalas have the toughest menu. Only eucalyptus leaves.

12. If a beaver hadn’t gnawed trees and didn’t grind his teeth, his own teeth could have pierced his own brain.

13. There are 1 million ants per person.

14. Oysters change s*x, depending on which s*x is now best suited for mating.

15. There are more than 1000 lenses in the butterfly’s eye.

16. The tail grows in the lizard, and the snails can grow the eye.

17. Turtles can be distinguished by voice. The males grunt, and the females hiss. I wonder how they understand each other.

18. Giraffes do not have vocal cords.

19. 1/10 of the trees in the forest planted with squirrels that live in it

20. The humpback whale makes the loudest sound of all the inhabitants of planet Earth

21. The dog’s nose print is unique.

22. The speed of movement of the seahorse 0.01 km / h

23. Pigs have their own speech and scientists have identified more than 20 different standard sounds that indicate desire or emotion.

24. The French poodle is actually from Germany

25. Hummingbird - the only bird that can fly back

10 INTERESTING ON WHITE BEARS

Fact 1: Hunters are not the biggest threat to polar bears.
Unlike some other vulnerable groups of mammals (for example, tigers and rhinos), hunting is not the biggest threat to polar bears today. Before, yes, polar bears were shot by everyone and sundry, until the mid-1970s. Strict rules and quotas were introduced at this milestone, which were agreed internationally to protect the survival of this species.

Fact 2: The biggest threat to polar bears now is climate change.
Global warming means sea ice is melting sooner and later, leaving less time for polar bears to hunt. Studies show that fertility among polar bears is also declining, also due to sea ice. Many scientists believe that polar bears may completely disappear in the next 100 years.

Fact 3: Polar bear population is classified - “at risk”
Polar bear population is classified as “at risk”
The polar bear is officially classified as vulnerable. Today, 20-25,000 polar bears live on the planet, making up 19 groups throughout the Arctic, more than half of them live in northern Canada.

Fact 4: Polar bears actually have black skins and colorless hair.
Polar bears actually have black skins and colorless wool.
Their thick, hollow hair reflects light, thus nature masks the polar bear, putting it on a white fur coat. In addition to camouflage, this gives the bear effective thermal insulation.

Fact 5: Polar bears
Polar bears like to keep themselves clean - probably to preserve the insulating properties of their fur. After they eat, they swim or ride in the snow. No matter how strange it may sound - for an animal that lives in the ice - but polar bears often overheat and deliberately bury themselves in the snow to cool.

Fact 6: Polar bears overheat
Despite the harsh polar conditions, polar bears are hot. They are perfectly adapted to survive in arctic temperatures (which can drop to -55 ° C), but the disadvantage is the risk of overheating - especially in the summer.

Fact 7: Polar bears are great swimmers
Polar bears are great swimmers
In fact, the polar bear has its own name in Latin - “sea bear”. They can comfortably swim to a depth of 6 meters, using their front legs as paddles, and their hind legs in the form of a flat rudder.

Fact 8: Polar bears can smell seals per kilometer.
Polar bears have a pretty good sense of smell! They can find a seal, their main food, in one kilometer.

Fact 9: Polar cubs weigh as much as guinea pigs
When a white teddy bear is born, it weighs like a guinea pig. The baby stays near his mother for two years. By that time, it has fully grown and reaches a weight of 500 kg or more.

Fact 10: Less than 2% of polar bear hunts are successful
Despite their reputation as formidable hunters, polar bears spend a lot of energy in the process of hunting. The time and energy spent searching for food in the near future will only increase due to climate warming. Therefore, more and more often polar bears go to people.

Interesting facts from The Economist’s latest “Pocket world in figures 2020”

1. In Germany, the budget surplus is now not 200 billion euros, but 300 billion. This is the leader among all countries of the world. Soon the government will start salting the extra money. At the same time, GDP stopped growing. Germany expects a recession.

US anti-leader, they have a deficit of half a trillion dollars. But the economy is still growing, as one of the fastest. And the capitalization of public companies, too.

Here is a paradox. You can sit on money and not develop, but you can be in debt, like in silks and go forward. True, it is advisable to have a debt in that currency, which you yourself print.

2. The largest city in the world of Tokyo. The population is 37.5 million. Urbanization on the march.

3. Tel Aviv has 46% of Israel’s population. Apart from the leaders of the rating: the countries of the single-industry city of Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore, then this is one of the highest concentrations of the country's population in one city.

4. Russia is the largest country in the world, occupying 17 million square kilometers. At the same time, Ukraine is 43rd in the list with 604 thousand square meters. km The nice thing is that over the past five years, The Economist has never changed the territory of Ukraine, which still includes the Crimea and the Donbass. And how does Russia tolerate this and at least not declare a note of protest to England for such an “inaccuracy”? A referendum in Crimea was held "by law." Amazing

5. Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are among the top ten countries in the world in which the number of men is less than the number of women. 100 women are less than 90 men. No comments.

6. The oldest people in Monaco. 32.2% are over 65 years old. Apparently, pensioners have decent subsidies there.

7. Among the cities of the world losing population in the top ten, our Kharkov. Over the past 5 years, lost 0.9%.

8. When comparing GDP, the three largest economies are the United States, China, and Japan ($ 19.5, $ 12.2, and $ 4.8 trillion, respectively). But according to the purchasing power of the population, the picture looks somewhat different and tops the ranking of China, then the USA, then India ($ 23.1, $ 19.4 and $ 9.5 trillion).

9. Over the past 7 years, Ukraine has one of the lowest Gini rates in the world - 25.1%. Below only in Azerbaijan - 16.6%. It determines the degree of inequality in society. The lower it is, the more evenly distributed are household incomes. This coefficient is considered so, if everyone has the same income, then it is 0. And if all the incomes belong to one person, and the rest have nothing, then 100%. The highest ratio in South Africa is 63%.

10. Over the past 10 years, Ukraine has taken 8th place since the end of economic growth. More precisely, we have a fall of -1.8%. The reasons are obvious: wild corruption of Yanukovych, war, hyperinflation, not so wild, but also post-Maidan corruption.

By the way, regarding corruption, we are making clear progress here. The CPI corruption index moved Ukraine to 120th place with 32 points, while Russia went down to 138th with 28 points. Five years ago, the situation was the opposite. Only in the last four years we scored +5 points.

11. They also have such a Trade Dependency coefficient. It means dependence on trade or what percentage of trade in GDP. So Slovenia takes the 6th place here with 64.1%. So we continue to trade with Slovenia. They really need it.

12. In the inflation rating, we occupy 19th place with the figure of 10.9% last year. High inflation amid stagnating and even falling rates is always good for businesses aimed at the domestic market. But this does not happen often with us. To the leader of the Venezuelan race with inflation at a million percent, I hope we never get there.

13. Ukraine ranks 25th in the world in terms of debt and thirteenth in the ratio of debt to GDP - exactly 100%. This is a very worrisome number and we should by no means relax and certainly should not rejoice at new borrowings.

14. What pleased us that Ukraine was not included in the first thirty countries of the world dependent on agriculture. And this means that we have less than 20% of the agricultural share of GDP. We can still consider ourselves an agrarian country (we are the eighth in the world for the production of wheat and grain crops), but we are definitely not an agrarian economy.

15. We are closing the list of countries on energy efficiency. Eighths from the end. Here we definitely have where to grow.

16. Ukraine is the third country in the world in terms of the growth of new registered purchased cars + 24.5%. On average over the past two years.

17. Over 15 million tourists have visited Ukraine over the past year. This is almost 6 times less than that of the French leader. But we enter the first 25 countries to receive tourists. Not bad.

18. The largest brain drain in the CIS from Moldova.

19. And finally, Ukraine is the twelfth country in the world in returning capital from earned money from abroad: more than $ 13 billion per year.

10 interesting facts about lions

1. The weight of a lion can reach 350 kg, while the heart of a giant cat is the smallest among all African predators (relative to size and body weight). By the way, the size of the brain is also very small. It is the small size of the heart and brain that complicates the hunt for lions. The only reliable way to fill up the beast is to pierce the lungs. Fortunately, hunting for lions is prohibited in almost all countries and you will not be able to use this knowledge.

2. Even some 15 centuries ago, lions inhabited Europe. Alas, despite the fact that they were a symbol of strength and courage, man mercilessly destroyed them.

3. Lions are the laziest predators in Africa. Being full, lions never hunt. The only two things that can make a well-fed lion budge are the scorching sun and danger.

4. In the pride, females play a major role in survival. They give birth, feed, raise and protect offspring and are the main suppliers of food. Lionesses hunt much more often than lions. True, it is worth noting that when hunting large animals, such as buffalos or giraffes, the lion plays a key role. Still, he is much stronger than lionesses.

5. During the mating season, which lasts about a week, the lion and lioness leave the pride. During this period, they almost never hunt and, accordingly, starve. In this case, mating occurs every 15-30 minutes. For animals, this is a pleasant, necessary, but rather tiring moment, especially for a lion, who needs to show the lady what he is capable of. During the day he should be able to mate up to 100 times! And so a week ...

6. An adult lion becomes at the age of two years. Only at this point does a mane begin to appear and he gains the ability to growl.

7. By the way, the roar of an adult lion is so powerful that the air literally shudders next to it, but you can hear it at a distance of 10 kilometers! I watched a picture of a flock of jackals trying to attack a small pride (2 lionesses and 3 small lion cubs). The lion was not nearby, the lionesses drove away the jackals, but there were so many small jackals that the strength of the lionesses was running out. Suddenly, from somewhere in the bushes a few hundred meters away from us, a powerful lion's roar rang out, from which the jackals were horrified and rushed in all directions ... We never saw a lion, but it was clear that if anything, he was very close. And with the roar, the lion cubs press their tails and are just in case afraid.

8. Lions often hunt at night. Their vision in the dark is 6-7 times better than human, which greatly contributes to night activity.

9. Lions have a strong jaw and 30 teeth, but they use all this power only to tear the flesh, since they do not chew food, but immediately swallow it in large pieces.

10. Lions are born blind and very small - an average of 1.5 kg. After 7-10 days, they become sighted and after two weeks they begin to move independently. For comparison, a baby antelope sees almost immediately, and it can run 15 minutes after birth!