Interesting Facts

According to the Vegetarian Calculator page on Facebook the average human, who lives to 80, will have eaten 7,000 animals in their lifetime. (They will have eaten 11 cows, 27 pigs, an amazing 2,400 chickens, 4,500 fish, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep, and if rabbits, ducks, geese, goats, prawns and squid are included, the total of animals eaten rises to around 7,500. It reminds me of a joke: Q: What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup?  A: Anyone can roast beef. Sorry.)

Where would you expect to find the world's largest herd of camels? The Sahara? Nope - it's in Australia. (Seemingly there are around 750,000 camels roaming wild in the outback, (between 2001 and 2008 it was estimated there were up to a million),    but they are not indiginous. Imported to Australia in the 19th century from Arabia, India and Afghanistan, for transport and heavy work in the outback, they now cause a lot of problems and are probably public enemy number 2, after the fecund rabbit. Camel stew anyone?) (We know a rhyme about camels , don't we children?)

According to the Times, rabbits are the third most popular pet in the UK. (There are around 1.6m bunny owners in the UK. So, maybe Hugh Hefners' will find a good home.)

There are 40 million rabbits in the UK. (I want to know who carried out the census.)