Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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