Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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