Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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