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Animal Facts
With a 95% success rate, dragonflies are considered the most effective hunters in the animal kingdom.
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).
Manatees can develop cold stress syndrome when water temperatures fall below 68°F, as their fat does not provide effective insulation against the cold.
Rats trained to detect landmines in Cambodia can clear 200 square meters in 20 to 35 minutes, a process that usually takes human de-miners two to three days.
Over 99% of the five billion species that have ever lived on Earth throughout the planet’s history are extinct.
Cigar beetles lay eggs in tobacco, and these eggs can later hatch inside cigars when kept in warm, humid conditions, potentially infesting an entire collection.
The kookaburra is native to Australia and New Guinea; its calls are often used as sound effects in movies for jungles in Africa or South America.
The first living creatures to orbit the Moon weren’t humans but tortoises! They spent seven days there in 1968 before returning safely to Earth.
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.
Puma, cougar, and mountain lion are names for the same animal. The scientific name is Puma concolor, but they are more commonly referred to as cougars.
Adult cats typically only meow at humans, not other cats. Kittens meow to their mother, but once they get a little older, they don’t meow to other cats.
Honey bees visit around 2 million flowers and fly more than 55,000 miles to make just 1 pound of honey.
There are two species of African spiders named after “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski. They are called “Anelosimus biglebowski” and “Anelosimus dude.”
A blue whale’s heart can weigh up to 400 pounds and is about the size of a small golf cart. During deep dives, its heartbeat can slow to just two beats per minute.
