Animal Facts

    Random Animal Facts

    There are 483 Animal Facts!

    There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
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    To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.
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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    Mouth-Peeing Turtles
    Mouth-Peeing Turtles
    There's a species of soft-shelled turtle in China that 'pees' in puddles through its mouth.
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    On some Caribbean islands, the oysters can climb trees.
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    It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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    On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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    Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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