What is the world's largest animal?
The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.
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The birth of the huddle
The football huddle originated at Gallaudet University (the world's only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the deaf) in the 19th century when the football team found that opposing teams were reading their signed messages and intercepting plays.
The anaconda is one big snake, and it does something unusual.
The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.
How are twins made?
Identical twins develop when one egg separates then is fertilized, fraternal twins are 2 separate eggs, and siamese twins is one egg that began to separate but was fertilized before the completion of the egg division.
How old is the first test tube baby?
The first test-tube baby was born in Britain in 1978
Can I Get Pregnant From A Dog?
As of April 2010 you can visit Google and type in "can i get" and see the auto-suggestion of.... "can i get pregnant from a dog!" The Google suggest feature is intended to suggest the most likely search given the current term based on actual search volume! Let's hope it's malfunctioning in this case.
The answer is of course, "NO"! Why? According to wikianswers dog sperm can penetrate a human egg but the egg will die immediately because the male & female chromosomes don't match. As a general rule different animal species can not produce offspring. However, some animals have been to known to have virgin births!