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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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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