Animal Facts
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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Slugs have 4 noses!
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A banana slug can be 6-8 inches and their erect penis can be just as long. Also, their penises emerge from their heads. After sex, banana slugs eat each others penises.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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The Savannah is the largest domestic cat breed. It resembles a small leopard and behaves like a dog. They can grow up to 40 lbs, have an eight foot vertical jump, and can be trained to walk on a leash and play fetch.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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A rodent's teeth never stop growing.
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After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!
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Ants don't sleep
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The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1!
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