Random Animal Facts

    230 facts tagged with Animal Facts

    Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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    Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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    A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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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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    Lobsters have blue blood.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Sloth Poop Dance
    Sloth Poop Dance
    Sloths only poop once a week. The event is called 'the poo dance' because they wiggle their butts.
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    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.
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