Male Lions Mate 672 Times Per Week

Male Lions Mate 672 Times Per Week

When a lion gets in the mood, there is nearly nothing that can stand in the way.

During mating season, a male lion mounts a female once every fifteen minutes for a full week straight.

This amounts to around 672 raucous episodes. Although, this feat is remarkably impressive,

it appears to take a substantial toll as lions take as much as a two-year hiatus between mating seasons.

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Headless Cockroach Can Live Up To Nine Days

Most people are familiar with the notion that cockroach are hearty, durable pests.

Anyone who has ever been plagued by a roach problem knows just how resilient these grotesque little creatures can be.

If you’ve ever seen roaches scatter at the flick of a late night light switch, you also know that these nasty little vermin have an amazing propensity toward copulation.

Yet, many are surprised at just how adept cockroach are at survival and reproduction.

Roaches are able to live up to nine days without a head because their brains are located deep within their body cavities.

A headless cockroach continues to mate with other fertile roaches until eventually succumbing to starvation.

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Some Animals Interesting Facts

1. Frogs have an ear drum on the outside of their head.
2. Sea otters always float on their backs when they eat.
3. Polar bears look white, but they actually have black skin.
4. Snakes always keep their eyes open, even when they are asleep.
5. Crickets have ears on their front legs.
6. Aardvarks can hear and smell termites and ants.
7. Cobras are able to kill with a bite as soon as they are born.
8. Flamingos have knees that can bend backward.
9. The pistol shrimp catches its prey by surprising it with a loud banging noise made with its claws.
10. Some species of Australian social spiders eat their mother when food becomes scarce.

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