Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
10
Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
11
Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
14
On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
71
The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
18
Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
9