- There is no such thing as a female peacock. Only a male is called a peacock and females are called peahens.
- Are you lactose intolerant? Well, cats can be too.
- Parrots can imitate human voices.
- Ants scream loud while dying. Apparently, so loud that it can even be heard by humans at times.
- Tree shrews are probably the only animals that prefer spicy food to non-spicy ones.
- Sexually transmitted diseases are common in honey bees.
- Penguins too believe in true love. Certain penguin species mate for life.
- Squirrels identify each other by kissing.
- Elephants can’t jump.
- Rhino horns are made of hair.
- The next time you poop, think how clever wombats are. Their poop is cube shaped so that they don’t roll over.
- A bit nosy though! Slugs have four noses.
- Snails are blessed souls. They can sleep for three years.
- Bats give birth while hanging upside down.
- Cheetahs are quite shy. Can you believe that?
- Rats’ teeth never stop growing.
- Being the cat species with stripes just everywhere on the body. No two tigers have the same kind of stripes.
- The Sumatran male tigers weigh only upto 310 pounds.
- A tiger’s hind legs are longer than its front legs.
- A flamingo’s color depends on the food it eats.
- Polar bears can swim for days.
- Snakes don’t have eyelids.
- Snakes have six rows of teeth.
- Chinese water deer don’t have antlers.
- Cows move their jaws about 40,000 times a day.
- Goats are afraid of water.
- Wolves can roam up to 12 miles a day.
- King Cobras live up to 20 years.
- King Cobras are the only snakes to build nests for their eggs.
- Not only dogs, pigs love belly rubs too.
- Hyenas can kill a lion.
- A monkey can grasp things using its tail.
- Secretary birds have long eyelashes.
- Pigs have episodic memory.
- Pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey species.
- Quite a popular one! Octopuses have three hearts.
- Horses can show facial expressions.
- Owls don’t have eyeballs. Irony?
- Polar bears have black skin.
- Ever deveined a shrimp? It’s not a vein but its digestive tract.
- A king cobra venom can kill a human in 15 minutes.
- The puss caterpillar is the most venomous caterpillar on Earth.
- Coyotes run with their tail facing the ground.
- A coyote can live up to 20 years in captivity.
- Allergic to cat hair? Well, cats can be allergic to humans too.
- Sharks don’t have bones.
- Dolphins have two stomachs.
- The lifespan of dolphins is around 50 years.
- Sea gulls imitate rainfall by stamping their feet.
- Squirrels are smart. They sometimes pretend to bury their food to escape thieves.