Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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 ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be acquired in pairs whenever possible!
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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