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Animal Facts
Both U.S. and Soviet militaries have trained dolphins. They can be used for rescuing lost naval swimmers and locating underwater mines.
Kangaroos are the world’s largest marsupials, with the red kangaroo being the largest species, reaching heights of up to 6.6 feet.
The world’s smallest McDonald’s is the McHive, a miniature restaurant replica in Sweden built in 2019 as a fully functional beehive for real bees.
The first formal guide dog training school was established in Oldenburg, Germany, in 1916 to assist soldiers blinded in combat during World War I.
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.
In 2019, a state of emergency was declared in one of Russia’s Arctic regions due to a mass invasion of polar bears.
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.
Instead of roaring, Tyrannosaurus rexes likely produced booming sounds via closed-mouth vocalization, with deep frequencies that could carry over miles.
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.
In Texas, the feral hog population is so bad that they’d have to kill 70% of all existing hogs each year in order to keep it from getting worse.
“Bookworm” originally referred to insects such as beetle larvae, silverfish, or cockroaches that damage books, while paper lice feed on mold in poorly maintained books.
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 sport of squirrel fishing involves participants trying to catch squirrels and lift them into the air by using a fishing pole with a nut as bait.
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.
When bumblebees flap their wings, they generate a positive charge, which transfers to the flowers they land on. This tells other bees not to visit the flower.
Hugging your pets lowers stress levels and elevates levels of serotonin and dopamine that help you feel calmer and more relaxed.
Dogs can be allergic to human dander, causing symptoms like itching and sneezing. Recovery can take up to 12 months with treatments like corticosteroids and immunotherapy.
Cats can hydrate from seawater because their kidneys efficiently filter out the salt, while humans and most animals risk dehydration from drinking seawater.
