Animal Facts
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.
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Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, blondes to brunettes.
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Most of a hog's sweat glands are in its snout.
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Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood.
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No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
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On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.
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On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.
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One million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States.
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Only female bees work.
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Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood.
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Only male fireflies can fly.
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Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
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Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.
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Over one million stray dogs live in the New York City metropolitan area.
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Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!
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Parrots have 500 pounds per square inch of pressure in their beaks.
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Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.
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Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.
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Polar Bears can eat more than 50 lbs. of meat in one setting.
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