The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
17
Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
132
The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
21
It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
11
Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
11
Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
17