In the case of the elephant, in fact, it's impossible. Unlike most mammals, the bones in elephant legs are all pointed downwards, which means they don't have the "spring" required to push off the ground.
Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump
Myth. It is true that adult elephants can't jump. But there are other mammals that can't either, like sloths, hippos and rhinos. Although, unlike elephants, hippos and rhinos can have all four feet off the ground at the same time when they run.
Why the ostrich is the only living animal with four kneecaps.
All other known millipedes Millipedes sport far fewer legs than their name implies, with many species having fewer than 100 legs. Until now, the record-holder was a species called Illacme plenipes, a deep-soil dweller known to have as many as 750 legs.
Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs, ranging from 30 to 382. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs; no centipede has exactly 100. Like spiders and scorpions, centipedes are predominantly carnivorous.
Here's a mind-boggling fact: Almost all mammals fart, yet the sloth does not. I learned this because I read Does it Fart? A Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence, which published in April.
It's sometimes claimed that an elephant is the only land mammal that can't jump. However, we feel quite confident that a platypus is at least as inept as an elephant when it comes to launching itself off the ground.
Animals that don't need sleep (bullfrogs and dolphins) Animals that don't need rebound sleep after using up all their energy (bees) Animals that show harmful side effects from sleep deprivation (humans)
Most mammals are capable of swimming. But there are some animals that are incapable of swimming. Giraffe is one of the animals that cannot swim and it is because of their extreme anatomy – such as their long necks and legs, which would make swimming almost impossible.
The answer is... Elephants! Elephants are the only animal to have four forward-facing knees. All other four-legged animals have at least one pair of legs with knees that face backwards.
Hippos usually trot to move quickly on land and can gallop at 30 km/h (19 mph) when needed. They are incapable of jumping but can walk up steep banks.
Octopuses have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren't even the most unusual things about them! Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses continue to reveal astonishing qualities, abilities and behaviour.
Elephants cannot jump, but are they the only mammal that cannot jump? Rhinos, hippos, and sloths are often mentioned as other examples of mammals that aren't able to jump, though rhinos and hippos can lift all four feet off the ground while running.
Snails, spiders and octopi have something in common- they all have blue blood! We're not talking in the sense of royalty, these creatures literally have blue blood. So why is their blood blue and ours red? One of the purposes of blood is to carry oxygen around the body.
The platypus enjoys a short pregnancy. Its embryo sits in the uterus for just 2-3 weeks, surrounded by a thin eggshell, and nourished by a primitive placenta. It then emerges as an egg. Marsupials, like kangaroos and koalas, also have short pregnancies.
This platypus, renowned as one of the few mammals that lay eggs, also is one of only a few venomous mammals. The males can deliver a mega-sting that causes immediate, excruciating pain, like hundreds of hornet stings, leaving victims incapacitated for weeks.
In the case of the elephant, in fact, it's impossible. Unlike most mammals, the bones in elephant legs are all pointed downwards, which means they don't have the "spring" required to push off the ground.
Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
Foist. Definition - a silent fart.
Rick Schwartz, ambassador and keeper for the San Diego Zoo, dug into his memories of the worst farts he has ever encountered to select the sea lion as the number the producer of the foulest wind on earth.
They have nine stomachs
Just like cattle, proboscis monkeys have a complex stomach with many chambers – although they aren't technically ruminants. Each one of these stomachs is filled with healthy bacteria to help them digest their food.
A millipede with more than 1,000 legs has been discovered, making it the first 'true' millipede. Eumillipes persephone was discovered more than 60 metres underground in Australia, where its extreme number of legs is thought to help it move through the soil.
Many bivalvia and nearly all gastropoda molluscs have evolved only one foot. Through accidents (i.e. amputation) or birth abnormalities it is also possible for an animal, including humans, to end up with only a single leg.