Animal Facts

    Animal Facts

    Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.

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    Contrary to popular belief, possums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.
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    Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.
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    If it isn't moving a frog can't see it. If the frog can't see it, he won't eat it.
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    Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.
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    Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.
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    Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood.
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    Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks.
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    Megalodon
    Megalodon
    Megalodon was the biggest shark that ever existed. It was larger than the average city bus and could bite down with a force between 10.8 and 18.2 tons - enough to crush a prehistoric whale's skull as easily as a grape.
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    Apple seeds are poisonous!
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    Goats do not have upper front teeth.
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    When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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    Army Ant Sutures
    Army Ant Sutures
    Army ants are used as “natural sutures”. Their jaws are so powerful, natives staple wounds by forcing ants to bite them and break off the body.
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    Salema Porgy Fish: The Roman Hallucinogenic Party Drug
    There's a fish, known as Salema porgy, that causes severe hallucinations for up to 36 hours when ingested. During the Roman Empire, it was a party drug.
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    A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
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    A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
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    Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten.
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    Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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    Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.
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    Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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    Giant River Otter
    Giant River Otter
    Giant river otters still exist in three remote river systems in South America. They can grow to almost 6 feet in length, hunt in packs, and even take on caimans.
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