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By Surayya AminuPublished 10 months ago 6 min read
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50 amazing animal facts you'll want to share whether you're a nature lover or just curious by nature this article is for you ,Check if you know all these bizarre facts about animals if at least one is new for you hit that like button

1 the largest spiders in the world tarantulas can live without food for more than two years

2 the nose print of a dog can be used for its identification they're kind of like finger prints for us humans and are absolutely unique to each animal

3 snakes don't blink so don't even try to engage in a staring contest with one

4 if you've ever wondered what the most popular name for a goldfish is its jaws and we thought we were so creative another thing to consider if you're thinking about getting yourself a goldfish don't keep it in the dark it'll turn pale then you'll have a pale fish that's not quite as interesting

5 woodpeckers are extremely efficient they can Peck wood 20 times a second how do they not get a splitting headache

6 if you put a jellyfish under bright sunlight you won't find it for sometime later that's because it'll evaporate these creatures are 98% water

7 a hippo sweat is pink well in fact it's not exactly sweat it's an oily reddish fluid which not only cools the hippos body but also moisturizes and protects its skin this blood sweat also contains antibiotic properties

8 monkeys in Japan have figured out how to buy snacks from vending machines yeah they pay with coins and everything so next time you are struggling with a vending machine remind yourself a monkey can do it

9 frogs don't need to drink water because it's absorbed through their skin

10 hopefully you don't have phobia or a fear of worms if so and don't book any trips to South Africa where these creatures can reach lengths of twenty-two feet

11 if you think humans are so special and highly evolved you probably won't be thrilled to know that we share 70% of our DNA with by the way the longest lifespan of a slug ever recorded is a year and a half so our slimy cousins don't live very long that's kind of sad

12 poor flamingos have trouble every time they get hungry the thing is they can only eat with their heads upside down have you ever tried eating upside down it's not an easy task

13 an interesting fact about gorillas is that they can eat about 40 pounds of food every day diet

14 and this is the cutest thing you could imagine when seahorses mate they do it for life and when mates travel they hold onto each other's tails see I told you it was super cute

15 oysters have the cool ability to change gender whenever they need they choose the gender that's most suitable for mating at a certain moment

16 cats are well known for their ability to move their ears but not so many people know that a cat has 32 muscles on each ear

17 when you hear about giant pandas you probably imagine something huge right but a newborn panda only weighs as much as a small cup of coffee and is smaller than a mouse

18 the lion is considered the king of the jungle but it's actually the lioness that does 90% of all the hunting in the family you go girl

19 horned lizards are pretty horrifying to see when they're defending themselves they shoot blood out of their eyes

20 some fact about animal hearts an octopus has not one but three hearts and a whale's heart is really slow it beats just 9 times per minute

21 out of 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters one is born bright blue another interesting fact lobsters are known for their ability to regenerate legs antennae and claws

22 there's one bird species that can fly backwards and that's hummingbirds these birds can also flap their wings up to 80 times a second

23 giraffes clean their ears with our own tongues you

24 the iguanas are pretty tough creatures they can drop to the ground from a tree as tall as 40 feet and walk away completely unharmed

25 the eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain

26 everyone is aware that camels can go long periods of time without water but perhaps you didn't know that rats can live without the stuff even longer

27 a newborn Chinese water deer is so tiny that you can hold it in your palm oh yeah it's ridiculously adorable

28 water dwelling creatures like dolphins whales alligators crocodiles Turtles and water snakes can drown if they have to stay underwater for too long

29 if you're trying to escape from a scorpion and are lucky enough to have some alcohol with you at the moment consider yourself saved just a little bit of alcohol port on a scorpion will drive it so crazy that it'll usually end up stinging itself to death

30 baby kangaroos are born super tiny no more than an inch long that's the size of a large water bug ,how do they not get lost in their mommy's pouch

31 if you've always believed that butterflies are beautiful unthreatening creatures think again one species of butterfly living in africa produces a potent enough poison to kill six cats

32 a tiger skin is just a stripe as fur but don't go trying to shave a tiger just take my word for it please

33 the flea is an amazing athlete it jumps 20 times higher than its own height and the human can do this they would be able to jump as high as the Empire State Building

34 do you think you have a lot of muscles in your body well that might be true but you never catch up with a common caterpillar its has 248 muscles in its head alone

35 you can always tell a male turtle from a female, females hiss well males grunt

36 male dogs raised their leg to pee because they want to aim as high as possible this way they'll seem large and intimidating some African Wild Dogs however take this even further and run up three trunks or at least try to when urinating to show the world how big and scary they are

37 monarch butterflies have 12,000 eyes what's more this google-eyed creature can lay more than 250 eggs a day

38 a starfish has eight eyes one on each of its eight legs

39 a mole could easily make a prison escape in just one night it's able to dig a 300-foot long tunnel

40 a giraffes heart must be extremely hard-working in fact it pumps two times harder than a cow's to get blood to the brain

41 exoskeletons don't just exist in sci-fi movies there are creatures around us that wear it every day butterflies their skeletons are on the outside not inside of their bodies

42 you might know Dumbledore as Hogwarts headmaster but this is also an old term for a specific type of a bee

43 one study found that 33% of dog owners talked to their pets on the phone or leave them messages on the answering machine when they have to be away from home are you one of them

44 a squids eye is the size of a basketball and wonder if it gets even bigger when they're surprised

45 a crocodile's tongue can't move because it's attached to the roof of its mouth

46 not only humans have accents cows born in different regions move a certain accent

47 a crocodiles brain is no bigger than a cigar

48 there have been no recorded incidents of a human being being attacked by a perfectly healthy wolf so if a wolf attacks somebody there's something wrong with it

49 squirrels do more good for our planet than you realize they simply bury nuts that grow into trees because these funny little creatures often forget where they had hidden their dinner

50 frogs can't swallow without blinking now you know which fact impressed you the most tell us in the comments section

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