Animals

Animals Although they spend 16 hours a day in water, hippos can't swim because they are too muscular and sink. Instead they just run around under the surface. May 10, 2019

Animals Over 150 wallabies are living wild in a forest in France, they escaped a zoo in the 70's and are adapting quite well May 5, 2019

Animals Squirrels were originally placed in US cities as a way to reconnect city dwellers with nature April 27, 2019

Animals Einstein failing a math exam is a myth. He failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic because he did poorly on botany, zoology and language sections. April 24, 2019

Animals It took 87 years to build Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, from 1163-1250. April 16, 2019

Animals There is a group of wolves in British Columbia known as "sea wolves" and 90% of their food comes from the sea. They have distinct DNA that sets them apart from interior wolves and they're entirely dedicated to the sea, swimming several miles everyday in search of seafood. April 6, 2019

Animals An Australian bird, called the rainbow lorikeet, routinely gets drunk from spring to summer. The small birds drink the fermented crimson flower nectar from the Weeping Boer-bean tree. When intoxicated these birds make loud drunken noises which many people find bothersome. March 31, 2019

Animals Dalmatians are the official firehouse dog because, in the 1700's, they would run alongside horse-drawn carriages keeping pace, even at full sprint, and protect the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook them. March 31, 2019

Animals An opossum broke into a Florida liquor store and got drunk. A liquor store employee found the animal next to a broken and empty bottle of bourbon.It appeared disoriented, was excessively salivating and was pale. The staff gave it fluids and cared for her as she sobered up. March 27, 2019

Animals Some female penguins engage in prostitution. Performing sex act in exchange for pebbles. However, sometimes they will just trick the male into thinking they'll have sex, then run off once she gets the pebble. March 26, 2019

Animals Elephants are highly empathetic and generous even towards other species. Once an elephant found a rancher with a broken leg and dragged him under the shade of a tree, guarding him and gently touching him with her trunk March 21, 2019

Animals If you remove a box turtle from the wild and don't put them back in the location you found them they will most likely die looking for their home March 21, 2019

Animals When a poacher's snare killed one of their own, two young gorillas teamed up to find and dismantle traps in their Rwandan forest home. They saw what they had to do, they did it then moved to dismantle next trap. March 20, 2019

Animals Tigers cannot purr. To show happiness, tigers squint or close their eyes. This is because losing vision lowers defense, so tigers only purposefully do so when they feel comfortable and safe March 17, 2019

Animals After "the world's largest beach clean-up" at Mumbai's Versova beach, Olive Ridley turtles returned to lay eggs for the first time in 20 years. March 14, 2019

Animals Koalas have one of the smallest brains in proportion to body weight of any mammal. They are so dumb, that when presented with leaves on a flat surface instead of on branches, they are unable to recognize them as food and will not eat them. March 11, 2019