Weird Animal Tales

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Weird Animal Tales

Comic Story information Released: Summer 1991 Comic series: Simpsons Illustrated Pages: 1

Weird Animal Tales is a Simpsons Illustrated story first printed in Simpsons Illustrated #2.

Plot

Bart and Lisa shared a collection of unusual animal facts.

The feature included facts such as:

• The only two venomous mammals are the platypus and certain species of shrews.
• Sharks were said to burp to regulate their depth underwater, and marine biologists were reportedly exploring the use of bicarbonates to help corral them.
• Stingrays injure more people each year than any other fish.
• In the United States, snakebites cause about a dozen deaths annually, compared with roughly 15,000–20,000 deaths each year in India.
• Constrictor snakes kill their prey by suffocating them rather than crushing them.
• Crocodiles cannot chew. If their prey is too large to swallow whole, they tear it apart, often using the well-known "death roll."
• An alligator can supposedly be put to sleep by rubbing its stomach.
• Electric eels can discharge up to 100 watts of electricity many times per second and will drown if they cannot surface to breathe air.
• A tarantula's bite is only mildly venomous and is generally no more painful than a bee sting.
• The average house cat sheds about 90 pounds of hair over its lifetime.
• A swarm of locusts can consume enormous amounts of vegetation in a single feeding.
• A pregnant armadillo can delay giving birth for an extended period.
• The quail was humorously described as the North American bird with the tiniest brain and the biggest ambition.
• Kangaroos cough when frightened.
• Ants were said to make up about 10% of the total biomass of land animals, with some colonies reaching populations of 300 million individuals.

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