Animal Facts
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
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There is a tiger named Kenny who is the only known tiger to have downs syndrome.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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A fall of 30 feet can be survived by most cats.
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Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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A group of pugs is called a grumble.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year!
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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Freddie Mercury held parties with midgets carrying around trays of cocaine.
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