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Animal Facts
Flamingos pull one leg up to their bodies to save heat that could otherwise be lost when standing in cold water.
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.
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.
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.
The name “orangutan” is derived from the Malay and Indonesian words orang, meaning “person,” and hutan, meaning “forest,” thus “person of the forest.”
Contrary to popular belief, we don’t eat eight spiders in our sleep every year. This myth was first shared in 1993 to highlight gullibility but ironically spread as truth.
Manatees can develop cold stress syndrome when water temperatures fall below 68°F, as their fat does not provide effective insulation against the cold.
The blue ghost firefly, a rare species in the Southern Appalachian forests, emits a blue glow lasting up to a minute each time.
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.
Dragonflies existed over 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, with some prehistoric species having wingspans as large as 2.5 feet.
Turkey vultures use defensive vomit as a method to repel potential threats and can project their vomit up to 10 feet.
Eating bananas near bee hives may provoke aggression, as the banana scent resembles an alarm pheromone bees release when defending the hive.
After Animal Planet aired two fake documentaries on mermaids, the U.S. government issued a statement to clarify that mermaids do not exist.
The first formal guide dog training school was established in Oldenburg, Germany, in 1916 to assist soldiers blinded in combat during World War I.
Instead of roaring, Tyrannosaurus rexes likely produced booming sounds via closed-mouth vocalization, with deep frequencies that could carry over miles.
Octopuses and squids have beaks made of chitin, the same material found in the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans.
In 2012, a swan capsized a man’s kayak and prevented him from swimming to shore, which caused him to drown.
While hunting, stoats perform wild jumps, spins, and twists to mesmerize rabbits. This behavior allows the stoat to get close enough to launch an attack.
Elephant seals can dive up to 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) deep and remain submerged for as long as two hours, tolerating the crushing pressures of the deep sea.
In Antarctica, researchers found fossils of Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, a giant extinct penguin thought to reach 6’ 6” (2 meters) in height and weigh about 256 pounds (116 kilograms).
