Weird, Funny, and Amazing Animal Facts

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Polar Bears:

• If you spray an antiseptic spray on a polar bear, its fur will turn purple.
• All polar bears are left handed.
• A polar bear's fur is clear. It reflects the light, making it appear white.
  

Pigs:

• A pig's orgasm can last up to 30 minutes.
• Pigs are the only animal that will drink hard liquor voluntarily.
  
• A pig can run a 7 minute mile.

Arachnids:

• Over a person's lifetime, they'll eat 8 spiders in their sleep.
  
• Scorpions can be killed by pouring vinegar over them.
  
• You are 3 times more likely to be killed by a flying champagne cork than by a bit from a venomous spider.
  

Felines:

• Cat urine glows under a black light.
• Some lions mate over 50 times a day
  
• Cat's jaws cannot move sideways.
• Jaguars are frightened by dogs.
  
• A 30 feet fall can be survived by most cats.
• In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

Giraffes:

• A giraffe can clean it's ears with its 21 inch tongue.
• In Atlanta, GA, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

Insects:

• One quarter of all the creatures on the planet are beetles.
• An ant always falls over to the right when intoxicated.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• A cockroach is the only animal that could possibly withstand a nuclear war.
• An ant can survive up to 2 days underwater.
  

Crocodiles:

• A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
• Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

Koalas:

• Koalas have fingerprints that are almost identical to ours.
• Koalas are excellent swimmers.
• Despite popular belief, koalas aren't cuddly. Males can be very aggressive and territorial.

Lobsters:

• Lobsters have features similar to cockroaches.
• Lobsters have pale blue blood.
• It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.

Moose:

• In Alaska, it is illegal to look at a moose from the window of an aircraft. This is to discourage moose poachers.
  
• Moose have terrible vision, so much so that they'll mate with small vehicles.

Cattle:

• It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.
• Cows can smell scents that are up to six miles away.
• Bulls are not attracted to the color red.
  
• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in it's lifetime.
  

Birds:

• The turkey was wrongly named after its believed country of origin.
• A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
  
• In Minnesota, it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.
  
• Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.
• Turkeys can reproduce without having sex. It's called parthenogenesis.
• An ostriches eyes are bigger than its brain.

Elephants:

• Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
• In Milwaukee, residents must keep pet elephants on a leash while walking them on public streets.
• The elephant's memory is legendary, in fact, they have a special ceremony for the return of a long lost member of the herd.

Dolphins:

• Besides humans, dolphins are the only other animal who have sex for pleasure.
  
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

Bats:

• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
• The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand which weighs about as much as a dime

Fish:

• Starfish haven't got brains.
• Eels have two hearts.
• If you leave a goldfish in a dark room for years, it will turn white.
• A goldfish has the memory span of 3 - 5 seconds.
  
• A jellyfish is 95% water.
• Most marine fish can survive in a tank of human blood.

Penguins:

• The word "Penguin" means "fat winged" one in Portuguese.
• Penguins have one mate for life. They "sing" to each other to learn their and recognize each others' voices.
• Male Adelie penguins often bring females a gift of a stone to show they would make a good partner.

Sharks:

• The biggest shark is the whale shark, which can grow up to 50 feet.
• Sharks have all the senses we have, (smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing). They can also sense electricity and vibrations in the water.
• Sharks have no bones, their skeleton is made up of cartilage.