Random Animal Facts

    230 facts tagged with Animal Facts

    The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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    The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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    Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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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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    Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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    Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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