Animals-Reptiles
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Facts:
- A blind chameleon still changes colors to match his environment.
- A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
- A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
- Alligators cannot move backwards.
- An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes.
- Giant tortoises can live to be 150 years old or older.
- Most published species of dinosaurs have been published within the last 20 years.
- Some dinosaurs were as small as hens.
- Southern Indian drug addicts get high by having venomous snakes bite their tongues. This can give addicts a 16 hour high, but can be very deadly.
- The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
- The poisonous copperhead smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
- The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes -- two in the center of its head and one on top.
- The tuatara's metabolism is so slow, they only have to breathe once an hour.
- To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs--it will let you go instantly.
