A Donkey is an
"ass", but an ass is not always a donkey. The word
"ass" refers to several hoofed mammals of the genus Equus,
including the Onager.
A female mouse may
spawn as many as ten litters of eight to ten young during her
lifetime--which is generally less than a year. The gestation period
is three weeks, and the young mice reach maturity in only ten weeks.
A full-grown moose
may be 8 feet high at the shoulder and weigh almost a ton.
A garter snake can
give birth to 85 babies.
A giraffe can go
without water linger than a camel can.
A good milking cow
will give nearly 6,000 quarts of milk every year.
A herd of sixty
cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a day.
A hippopotamus can
open its mouth wide enough to accommodate a 4-foot-tall child.
A hippopotamus can
run faster than a man.
A hippopotamus has
a stomach 10 feet long, capable of holding 6 bushels of grass.
