Weird Animal Facts

The star-nosed mole can eat its body weight in worms every day.

A kangaroo cannot walk backwards.

Cows have best friends and suffer from separation anxiety if they are separated from them.

The blue whale’s heart is so big, a human could swim through its arteries.

Goats have rectangular pupils that give them a 320-degree field of vision.

An octopus has three hearts.

Sloths move so slowly that algae grows on their fur.

Sharks have been around for longer than trees.

Honey never spoils and archaeologists have found pots of it in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old.

A jellyfish is 95% water.

The tongue of a blue whale is so big that 50 people could stand on it.

Cats have five toes on their front paws but only four on their back paws.

Ostriches can run faster than horses.

Bats are the only mammals that can fly.

A snail can sleep for up to three years.

Pigs cannot look up into the sky.

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater into freshwater.

A flea can jump 200 times its body length.

The lifespan of a housefly is only 30 days.

A giraffe’s neck contains the same number of neck bones as a human’s.

Squirrels plant thousands of new trees every year because they forget where they buried their acorns.

The brain of an elephant weighs about 5kg, which is the heaviest of any land animal.

Weird Animal Facts part 2

The horn of a rhinoceros is made of hair.

Bees have 5 eyes.

The average female mosquito only lives for about two weeks.

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The African elephant is the largest living land animal on Earth.

A spider’s silk is stronger than steel.

A gecko can walk on walls and ceilings because their feet have millions of tiny hairs that create an adhesive effect.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

Ants communicate through chemicals called pheromones.

The average lifespan of a squirrel is about six to ten years.

Seahorses are the only animal species in which the male gives birth and takes care of the babies.

The Amazon rainforest is home to 10% of all animal species on Earth.

The fear of spiders is called arachnophobia.

The toucan’s beak is almost half of its total body length.

A bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour.

The poison dart frog is one of the most poisonous animals on Earth.

Dolphins can recognize themselves in mirrors, which proves their self-awareness.

Gorillas have unique nose prints, just like humans have unique fingerprints.

The average cat sleeps for 12-16 hours a day.

The brain of a goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

The male platypus has a spur on its hind leg that can deliver a venomous sting.

The slowest animal in the world is the sloth, which moves at a speed of 0.15 mph.