Animal Facts
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
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According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.
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After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
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All bonobo chimpanzees are bisexual!
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All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
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All polar bears are left handed
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All species of beetles are edible.
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All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single wild golden Hamster found in Syria in 1930!
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All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
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Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year!
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An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long.
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An albatross can sleep while it flies!
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An eagle can attack, kill, and carry away an animal as large as a small deer.
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An elephant trunk has no bone but 40,000 muscles.
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An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.
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An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike!
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Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
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Ants don't sleep
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Apple seeds are poisonous!
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