Animal Facts

    Random Animal Facts

    There are 483 Animal Facts!

    In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
    44
    The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
    4
    The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
    81
    A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.
    -9
    Male Orangutans Can Be Attracted to Women with Red Hair.
    Male orangutans can be attracted to women with red hair. One male, Hsing Hisng, has even ripped pictures of Nicole Kidman out of magazines and placed them in his enclosure.
    11
    The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
    9
    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!
    9
    There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland.
    78