AnimalsFacts

Animals

• In 2014, 14 new species of dancing frogs had been discovered.
• Female dragonflies play dead to avoid sex.
• African buffalo herds make decisions by voting.
• When two kangaroos meet for the first time, they touch their nose and sniff each other.
• A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
• A snail has about 25,600 "teeth".
• Goats have accents.
• Despite its name, the Killer Whale (Orca) is actually a type of dolphin.
• Female kangaroos will abandon their joey when being chased by a predator.
• The sounds the raptors in Jurassic Park make to communicate are recordings of tortoises mating.
• Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels.
• Parrots can process and solve problems at the same level as a 4 to 6-year-old human child.
• A blue whale's heart can be as large as a car.
• Reindeers eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
• A tiger's skin also has stripes.
• Bird poop is white because they don't pee.
• Some turtles breathe through their butts.
• Cats can safely drink seawater.
• Some chickens are half male, half female.
• Giant penguins about the size of a grown man waddled around New Zealand about 59 million years ago.