Animals Facts
- Human colds and other illnesses can also affect Gorillas.
- New-born Chinese water deer will be so small that it can be held in human palm.
- Turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins, whales and other water creatures will drown if they are kept in underwater too long.
- Elephants and humpback whales are the only mammals that undergo menopause.
- Yorkshire Terrier is the world's smallest dog which weighs just four ounces.
Threats
The principal threats to big cats are habitat destruction and poaching. In the United States, 19 states have banned ownership of big cats and other dangerous exotic animals as pets, and the Captive Wildlife Safety Act bans the interstate sale and transportation of these animals. Nevertheless, there are still an estimated 15,000 big cats kept captive in the United States, and only a small percentage of them are in accredited zoos. The remainders are in private homes and nonaccredited roadside zoos.
