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With a 95% success rate, dragonflies are considered the most effective hunters in the animal kingdom.
Eradicating mosquitoes may improve health by reducing disease but could disrupt ecosystems, as they serve important roles in pollination and as a food source for various species.
Perfluorohexane dissolves large amounts of oxygen, allowing animals to survive underwater by inhaling oxygenated liquid.
After Animal Planet aired two fake documentaries on mermaids, the U.S. government issued a statement to clarify that mermaids do not exist.
Due to their semi-aquatic nature, the Catholic Church once considered beavers to be fish, fit for consumption on meatless Fridays.
Honey and items immersed in honey can be preserved for centuries. The long shelf life is due to an enzyme found in the stomachs of bees.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, it is legal to kill Bigfoot if you find it in Texas. It would be considered a non-protected, nongame animal.
Turkey vultures use defensive vomit as a method to repel potential threats and can project their vomit up to 10 feet.
Schools of clownfish have a hierarchy with a female at the top. When the top female dies, the most dominant male changes his sex to female and takes over.
Hugging your pets lowers stress levels and elevates levels of serotonin and dopamine that help you feel calmer and more relaxed.
George Washington was a fan of hunting hounds and kept more than 30 of them. According to one of his journals, three of the hounds were named Drunkard, Tipler & Tipsy.
The name “orangutan” is derived from the Malay and Indonesian words orang, meaning “person,” and hutan, meaning “forest,” thus “person of the forest.”
In Thailand, coconut farmers utilize trained macaque monkeys, which can harvest up to 1,600 coconuts a day, compared to 80 to 200 coconuts picked by human workers.
Lemurs are named from the Latin term “lemures,” meaning spirits or ghosts, because of their nocturnal activity and slow, mysterious movements.
Instead of roaring, Tyrannosaurus rexes likely produced booming sounds via closed-mouth vocalization, with deep frequencies that could carry over miles.
A beekeeper in South Australia taught his dog Bazz to sniff out an infectious disease that wipes out bee colonies, then invented a dog beekeeper suit for Bazz the Beekeeper.
At just 0.24 inches (6.2 millimeters) long when mature, male Photocorynus spiniceps are the smallest fish in the world.
Dolphins have a typical cruising speed of 5-7 miles per hour (8-11 km/h), but some species, like the short-beaked common dolphin, can reach up to 37 mph (60 km/h).
One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was coined in the late 18th century.
Oysters are not the only type of mollusk capable of producing pearls. Although it’s pretty rare, clams and mussels also occasionally create them.
Dragonflies existed over 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, with some prehistoric species having wingspans as large as 2.5 feet.
