Random Animal Facts

    230 facts tagged with Animal Facts

    The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
    18
    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
    32
    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
    373
    Sloth Poop Dance
    Sloth Poop Dance
    Sloths only poop once a week. The event is called 'the poo dance' because they wiggle their butts.
    47
    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
    217
    Hippo Blood Sweat
    Hippo Blood Sweat
    Hippos secrete a red-pink fluid, dubbed "blood sweat", which acts as a skin moisturizer, water repellent, sunscreen, and antibiotic.
    22
    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.
    9
    Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
    12