Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
7
A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
216
There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
9
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
The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
274
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.
17
When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
27