Blackbuck is also known as Krishnasaar, Krishnamrug, Indian Antelope. Cats have scent glands in their paws.

Chinkara also known as Indian Gazella, Kaalpuchcha can also sneeze. A crocodiles bite is strongest compared to that of any other animal. Camels milk never ferments into curd. Smallest dog Chihuahua. Dolphins can listen to sound from a distance of 24 kms (15 miles). Dragonfly has 6 legs, yet it cant walk. African elephant has only 4 teeth. Falcon is the fastest living being which dives at speeds above 300 km/hr. Lifespan of flamingoes is more than 80 years. Worlds 1st cloned Pashmina Goat Noori. Pashmina goats, whose fleece (the Cashmere) goes into the making of all kinds of shawls in Kashmir are domesticated by the Changpa herdsmen. Compared to a camel, a giraffe & a rat can stay without water for a long time. Giraffes tongue is 21 long. A hen lays appx. 228 eggs in a year. Heart of Humming Bird beats 1000 times in 1. Worlds smallest bird: B Hummingbird, was found in Cuba. Hangul is the state animal of J & K. Kangaroos cant walk backwards. Kiwi bird is blind. A lion cant roar up to the age of 2 years. Parrot & Rabbit can see behind without moving their heads in the reverse direction. African Grey Parrot can speak more than 200 words. Slug (similar to Gokalgai) has 4 noses. Squirrels life span is of 9 years. Longest venomous snake: King Cobra Largest non-venomous snake: Indian Rock Python Starfish doesnt have a mind. Most of the spiders blood is transparent. A woodpecker pecks the trunk of tree 20 times per second. Zebras have black & white stripes to keep blood-sucking flies away.

TOI:29-11-11 German Shepherds & Labradors are used primarily to detect explosives while Doberman Pinschers are used to track suspects movements. TOI:29-11-11 Thai veterinarians announced the birth of the worlds 1st test tube Elds deer which are extinct in the wild & only 38 exist in captivity around the world. MS:30-11-11 Immigrant bird Yaayaavar creates a record entry (appx. 6 lakh) in Hawkersar Wetland, 12km from Srinagar. HT:12-12-11 Tommaso, a 4-year old, one-time stray from Rome in Italy, is thought to have become the worlds richest cat by twist of fate. Since the death of his 94-year old mistress last month, he has become a property magnate or perhaps mognate with flats & houses worth an estimated Euro 10mn. HT:2-1-12 Rewa maharaja Martand Singh 1st sighted the male white tiger during his visit to Govindgarh jungle in late 1950s. Rewa in MP, home of last white tiger in wild (Mohan), would be the new experimental home for breeding the unique species of big cat for release in semi-wild conditions. MM:13-01-12 An article in the journal PLoS One named Paedophryne amauensis as the worlds smallest animal (frog) with a spine. TOI:14-01-12 A rare golden-bottom horse fly from far northern Queensland, Australia has been named after Beyonce Knowels. The Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae species was collected in 1981 in Queensland state, the same year, Beyonce was born, but had never been named. MS:18-1-12 Luminarius event is held in San Bartolom De Pinares, Spain for more than 500 years. It involves a horse jumping over the fire. This festival is held in memory of animal lover, St. Anthony. MM:11-02-12 A large Brazilian fish, Arapaima, a piranha-proof fish spurs new armour. The secret to its success lie in its intricately designed scales, which could provide bioinspiration for engineers looking to develop flexible ceramics. MM:13-02-12 A Chinese zoo is to mark Valentines Day with a cross species wedding between Changmao, a sheep (Long hair) and Chunzi, a deer (Pure girl). Keepers at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kumming, Yunnan, China, say the ram & the doe are deeply in love. TOI:16-02-12 A 5-year old tigress, tagged T-4, has become the worlds 1st feline reared in captivity & shifted to the wild to spawn two cubs at MPs Panna Tiger Reserve. This is for the 1 st time in the world that a semiwild tigress shifted to the wild has adjusted to the new environs & begotten cubs.

TOI:16-02-12 A female wheatear is a tiny songbird weighing only 25 grams, is a long distance flying champ, migrating from the Arctic to Africa & back, a distance of up to 29000 kms. MM:21-02-12 For the 1st time experimental evidence has confirmed Brit mathematician Alan Turings theory of how biological patterns are formed on animals. Turing put forward the idea that regular repeated patterns in animals (like tigers having stripes & leopards having spots) are generated by a pair of morphogens. Researchers from Kings College in London have validated the famous 60-year-old theory. MS:28-02-12 This year, the Bird of the Year reward has been awarded to Eshi Minivet bird which migrates from Central to South India. In the last 25 years, this bird was seen only 5 times. It was seen last in 2005. TOI:01-03-12 Tyrannosaurus rex, the largest known land carnivores of all times, also had the most fearsome & powerful bite than any other creature that ever roamed on earth. MM:04-03-12 An atlas moth, butterfly (attacus atlas), considered a giant in the insect world, was spotted recently in Arunachal Pradesh. With a wingspan of 25cms, it is amongst the largest moths known to exist. It does not eat at all & lives for a couple of weeks. It is also known as The snakes head moth, as the patterns on the tips of its wings resemble heads of snakes. MS:05-03-12 Worlds oldest sheep, Twegee, aged 25, died recently on the mountains of Gary Beach. The previous longest living sheep was Lucky aged 23 who died in Aus in 2009. Normally a sheep lives up to 12 yrs. DNA:15-03-12 Scientists (under the leadership of Riaz Ahmad Shah) of SKUAST (Sher-e-Kashmir Univ. of Agriculture Sciences & Technology), gave India the 2 nd cloned animal & the world its 1st cloned Pashmina goat, Noorie (The Light). He was also the key researcher in the team of scientists in 2009 that gave India the 1 st cloned buffalo calf, Garima. DNA:01-04-12 Mithun cow is the 1st ever calf born through ETT (Embryo Transfer Technology) at National Research Centre Jharnapani near Dimapur. TOI:12-06-12 Chinese scientists claimed to have bred the worlds 1st genetically-modified calf, named Lakes that would produce low-lactose milk in 2 years. It was born on 24-Apr at a lab of Inner Mongolia Agricultural Univ.