Random Facts

[Kanti]

Maybe we can start a thread with random facts or trivia!
I dunno why I guess I sort of came across a few facts and thought they were pretty
interesting and maybe one day they'll be useful.

- Rattlesnake rattles won't make any noise if they get wet. The noise is produced by
several layers of dried skin rubbing against each other so once it gets wet the scraping
noise is no longer produced.

- Sharks can't swim backwards - I don't actually know why, they just can't. Probably
because their fins can't point anywhere but forward.

- Daddy Long Legs are said to be so venomous that if their fangs were large enough to
pierce human skin they'd be deadly. Daddy long legs actually have no fangs or venom
glands because they're not really spiders at all.

- Crabs and insects don't sleep. They go into a state of "relaxation" called torpor.

- On a related note, alligators and crocodiles also don't sleep.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

-Dolphins don't sleep either. Not completely, at least. They turn off one side of their brain at a time, giving it time to rest. The same goes for whales. It's all due to the fact that they are concious breathers. If they were to sleep like we humans do, they would drown.

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

The word "Silly" originally referred to someone who was blessed/touched by the divine. Such a person would look at the world differently, would say strange things, act oddly, and experience unusual emotions (such as ecstasy and trances). However, our culture no longer has as much reverence for the spiritual, and tends to look at those things as either foolish or insane. Over the course of centuries, "Silly" has retained the symptoms (different view of the world, saying strange things, acting oddly, unusual emotions) but has come to be more or less synonymous with "foolish," "idiotic", "goofy" and other such words.

[Mermaid Saphira]

- the word plankton refers to creatures that are carried by the current

- Pink comb jellies can consume up to 500 plankton per hour

[Merman Ray]

The mermaid tail used by Daryl Hanna in the movie Splash is on display at Planet Hollywood in Orlando Florida. I must go see it!

[Spindrift]

- Daddy Long Legs are said to be so venomous that if their fangs were large enough to
pierce human skin they'd be deadly. Daddy long legs actually have no fangs or venom
glands because they're not really spiders at all.

I don't get it. They have fangs but they also don't have fangs?

[Spindrift]

The mermaid tail used by Daryl Hanna in the movie Splash is on display at Planet Hollywood in Orlando Florida. I must go see it!

What? Ugh I almost ate at Planet Hollywood when I visited in March but decided to go to the Hardrock Cafe with my friends instead. I'll be back in August though, I think, so I guess there's my second chance!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Daddy long legs do have fangs and they do have venom. They are also able to bite humans. However, the venom causes nothing more than a minute of very minor burning sensations before it's diluted into nothing by the body.

[Kanti]

Daddy long legs do have fangs and they do have venom. They are also able to bite humans. However, the venom causes nothing more than a minute of very minor burning sensations before it's diluted into nothing by the body.

That's interesting xD
Corrected a correction to a myth haha
I know theyre some sort of subspecies of spider but I dunno the other junk.
I just heard they don't have fangs but rather mandibles. Apparently they eat
other spiders.

[Kanti]

-The longest snake in the world is the reticulated python, NOT the green anaconda.
Anacondas only reach lengths of around 20ft but there were myths that anacondas as long as 30-40ft
existed.
Reticulated pythons average around 20 ft long but if they get old enough, they can reach 30ft long.
I believe the longest reticulated python in captivity is 28 ft

-Supposedly you can guestimate an alligator's length by measuring the distance between it's nostrils and
it's eyes. If the area measures 5", the alligator is approximately 5' long.
This is actually a pretty nifty tool and is often correct!

[Mermaid Saphira]

. Apparently they eat
other spiders.

Good, yuck XP LOL