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Animal Facts
Emperor penguins have been recorded diving as deep as 1,850 feet (550 meters) and can hold their breath for more than 20 minutes.
Hugging your pets lowers stress levels and elevates levels of serotonin and dopamine that help you feel calmer and more relaxed.
In a 2019 study, rats learned to play hide-and-seek and exhibited behaviors such as strategic hiding, joyful vocalizations, and re-hiding for the sake of fun.
Honey bees visit around 2 million flowers and fly more than 55,000 miles to make just 1 pound of honey.
Lemurs are named from the Latin term “lemures,” meaning spirits or ghosts, because of their nocturnal activity and slow, mysterious movements.
Sea snakes hydrate by drinking from a freshwater layer that forms on the ocean’s surface after rainfall.
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.
Research shows that cow tipping is unlikely. Standing cows require up to 899 pounds of force (4,000 newtons) to tip, requiring up to fourteen people in a coordinated effort.
In the 1870s, 37 cats were trained to deliver mail in Liège, Belgium, but the experiment was short-lived due to inefficiency, with most cats taking up to a day for deliveries.
Dragonflies existed over 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, with some prehistoric species having wingspans as large as 2.5 feet.
Polar bears often hunt walruses by causing panic and targeting those injured in the chaos, as direct attacks are too risky due to the walruses’ size and sharp tusks.
Bees have three tiny additional eyes on the top of their heads called ocelli, which collect and focus light to help them navigate.
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.
Roughly 33% of cats are not affected by catnip. The euphoric reaction commonly associated with catnip is hereditary.
Stegosauruses did not coexist in the same time frame as Tyrannosaurus Rex. In fact, the T-rex lived closer in time to us than it did to Stegosauruses.
In some parts of the world, spiked dog collars are still used for their original purpose: to protect shepherding dogs from predators like wolves.
Pal, a male collie initially hired as a stunt dog for the 1943 movie “Lassie Come Home,” performed so well that he was recast as Lassie, replacing the original female collie.
Instead of roaring, Tyrannosaurus rexes likely produced booming sounds via closed-mouth vocalization, with deep frequencies that could carry over miles.
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 of the oldest animals on Earth is the ctenophore, also known as a comb jelly, with the oldest fossils dating back approximately 525 million years.
At the start of the 20th century, “chicken spectacles” were popularly used in the U.S. to prevent chickens from feather pecking or eating each other by restricting their vision.
