Animals

Animals Dolphins Actually Have Names for One Another. They Use a Unique Whistle to Distinguish Different Members within Their Pod. October 28, 2022

Animals Coyotes are Actually Faster than Roadrunners. A Roadrunner Sprints at Around 32 km/h, While a Coyote's Top Speed Can Reach Over 64 km/h. October 28, 2022

Animals Spitting Cobras Emerged in the Fossil Record Just About the Same Time as Humans. It was Speculated That They Spit Venom Because Humans Used Them as Projectile Weapons by Putting Pressure on Them. October 28, 2022

Animals The Domestic Animals of the Faroe Islands are a Result of 1,200 Years of Isolated Breeding. Because of this, Most of the Islands’ Domestic Animals are Not Seen Anywhere Else in the World. October 22, 2022

Animals The Pigmy Three-Toed Sloth will Only Eat the Leaves of the Red Mangrove Tree. These Trees Contain a Fungus with a Chemical Profile Similar to Valium, which Gives the Sloth a Life-Long High. October 19, 2022

Animals Dogs and Cats Have Special Taste Buds Geared Specifically for Water. October 18, 2022

Animals Charles Darwin Had a Pet Tortoise Named Harriet. She Died in 2006 and was Estimated to be 175 Years Old Upon Her Passing. October 14, 2022

Animals Albatrosses Use Dynamic Soaring or Slope Soaring While Flying Across the Ocean, and They Almost Never Flap Their Wings. They Can Fly This Way for About 1,000 Kilometers. October 5, 2022

Animals Male Goats Urinate on Their Heads to Smell More Attractive to Female Goats. October 4, 2022

Animals Ostrich Farms are Having Difficulties Getting Their Male Ostriches to Breed because They are More Attracted to Their Human Caretakers Than Female Ostriches. September 30, 2022

Animals Polar Bears Actually Have Transparent Hollow Fur and Have Black Skin. September 28, 2022

Animals Crocodiles and Alligators are Surviving Members of an Ancient Evolutionary Division of Archosaurs. This Species Dominated the Planet During the Late Triassic Period Before an Extinction Event Led Them to be Usurped by Dinosaurs. September 27, 2022

Animals Mother Bears are Extremely Protective of Their Cubs That They Will Actively Seek Out Human Occupied Areas Because They Know Male Bears, Who are a Threat to Their Young, Will Avoid Human Contact. September 18, 2022

Animals Goose Pulling is the Practice of Tying Greased Live Geese Onto a Pole. Riders on Horseback will Then Attempt to Grab the Bird by the Neck and Pull Their Heads Off. September 11, 2022

Animals Skunks are Immune to Snake Venom and Will Actually Eat Venomous Snakes. They are One of the Few Animals Who Have This Kind of Immunity. September 8, 2022

Animals When Female Manta Rays are Ready to Mate, They Release Pheromones that Attract Males. This Leads to a “Manta Train,” Where Multiple Male Manta Rays Follow Behind a Female in Hopes of Mating with Them. September 4, 2022

Animals A Female Yellow-Headed Amazon Parrot Escaped from Captivity in Germany in 1984. A Year Later, a Male Parrot Followed, and Those Two Have Established a Population of 60 Birds, Making Them the Biggest Wild Population of Parrots in Europe. September 2, 2022

Animals Tiger Beetles Run so Fast That They Temporarily Blind Themselves. They Move About 120 Body Lengths Each Second. Their Environment Becomes a Blur, and Their Eyes Cannot Gather Light to Form an Image. September 2, 2022

Animals In 1910, Kiddo the Cat Snuck Aboard an Airship and Travelled for 71 Hours. He was Then Adopted by the Daughter of One of the Airmen August 23, 2022

Animals The Mapogo Lion Coalition is a Brutal Pack of Six Lions who Feasted Across Africa. They Claimed 170,000 Acres of Land and Killed Over 100 Other Lions and Cubs. August 20, 2022