CRAZY FACTS

Look closely, and you’ll see an Eastern screech owl hiding in plain sight! These owls are nocturnal and their amazing camouflage allows them to go largely unnoticed in the daytime. These owls only grow to about 22 cm (8.5 in) tall and weigh about 244 grams (8.6 oz), but they have been observed hunting squirrels and rats who rival them in length and weight. Eastern screech owls are found in North America from Canada all the way down to Mexico.

Elephants don’t drink through their trunks, but they do use them to suck up water and bring it to their mouths. A fully grown elephant can hold an estimated 10 liters of water in their trunks to make drinking easier. Baby elephants practice and refine this skill during the first few years of life, but will usually get the water directly from the source before it masters trunk dexterity.

10 years ago an eight-year-old boy had his arm bitten off by a shark. His uncle got mad and grabbed the 7-foot-long shark and dragged it to shore. The shark was killed, the arm removed from it's stomach, and reattached to the boy, who made a full recovery.

A FogScreen is a curtain of fog, or water vapour, onto which you can project images from a computer or video. Using a FogScreen it’s possible to show a film anywhere.

Golf balls can sometimes reach speeds of 273 kilometres (170 miles) per hour.

Women are automatically more attracted to guys who make an effort to start the conversation, showing initiative and consistency.  Scientist Laurence M Klauber (1883–1968) was known as ‘Mr Rattlesnake’. He collected 35,000 pickled snakes and reptiles over his life. (He didn’t eat them – they were pickled to preserve them for study!) In 1894, a turtle that was frozen inside a giant hailstone fell to earth. Brazil is home to 30 per cent of the rainforest left on earth The shell of a lobster is made of chitin – the same substance that mushrooms are made of.         like THE CrAzY fACtZ at FACEBOOK