Animal Facts
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
241
There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
40
242
A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.
39
243
It is possible for a scorpion to sting itself to death as they are not immune to their own poison!
39
244
No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
39
245
The average housefly lives only two weeks.
39
246
The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
38
247
A male baboon can kill a leopard.
38
248
A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body.
38
249
An eagle can attack, kill, and carry away an animal as large as a small deer.
38
250
Baby beavers are called kittens.
38
251
Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.
38
252
Racehorses can wear out new horse shoes in one race.
38
253
The average city dog lives three years longer than the average country dog.
38
254
A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!
37
255
A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
37
256
Baby whales grow at an average rate of 10lbs per hour!
37
257
Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!
37
258
The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and 1 inch in thick.
37
259
A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.
36
260
All the swans in England are property of the Queen.
36