Animal Facts About Anatomy

Some turtles can breathe through their butts.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

Cats have a weak sense of taste. They have only 473 tastebuds, humans have 9,000.

An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.

A 4-foot walrus penis bone sold at auction in 2007 for $8,000.

The cat brain weighs about 30g.

Most birds tilt their heads back when drinking water to let gravity help the liquid flow down their throat, but they swallow food using muscular contractions called peristalsis—the same mechanism humans use.

The katydid bug hears through small oval openings in its front legs!

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.

The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump!

Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks.

A shrimp's heart is located in its cephalothorax, the fused head-thorax region covered by its shell.

A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Minnows have teeth in their throat.

Goats do not have upper front teeth.

Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!

Blue whale hearts weigh about 400 pounds and are roughly the size of a small car. Their aorta is so large that a small human could crawl through it.

The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."