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.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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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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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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