At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal
34
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
1k
No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
39
Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
10
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.
9
The average life span of a hermit crab is 75 years!
45
Butterflies taste with their feet.
30