Animals Facts

Octopuses have nine brains: one central and one for each arm.

🐾 Animals Fact #11475

Cows have best friends and become stressed when separated from them.

🐾 Animals Fact #11474

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

🐾 Animals Fact #11472

The peacock mantis shrimp can see ultraviolet and infrared light and has 16 types of photoreceptor cells.

🐾 Animals Fact #11386

Sperm whales can dive to depths of over 7,000 feet and hold their breath for up to 90 minutes.

🐾 Animals Fact #11385

Male anglerfish are tiny parasites that permanently fuse to the much larger females, eventually sharing a circulatory system.

🐾 Animals Fact #11383

Flying fish can glide through the air for distances of over 650 feet using their enlarged pectoral fins.

🐾 Animals Fact #11379

The sunflower sea star has up to 24 arms and can move at a speed of 40 inches per minute.

🐾 Animals Fact #11378

Beluga whales are sometimes called sea canaries because of their wide range of vocalizations.

🐾 Animals Fact #11377

Decorator crabs attach sponges, algae, and other organisms to their shells as camouflage.

🐾 Animals Fact #11376

Hagfish produce enough slime in minutes to fill a bucket and can tie themselves in knots to escape predators.

🐾 Animals Fact #11374

The mimic octopus can impersonate at least 15 different species by changing its shape, color, and behavior.

🐾 Animals Fact #11373

Ants have colonized every continent on Earth except Antarctica.

🐾 Animals Fact #11327

Praying mantises are the only insects that can turn their heads 180 degrees.

🐾 Animals Fact #11326

The wheel spider escapes predators by curling into a ball and cartwheeling down sand dunes at speeds up to 3 feet per second.

🐾 Animals Fact #11325

Some parasitic wasps can turn caterpillars into bodyguards that protect the wasp's cocoons.

🐾 Animals Fact #11324

The Hercules beetle can carry 850 times its own body weight.

🐾 Animals Fact #11322

The death's-head hawkmoth can mimic the scent of honeybees to infiltrate hives and steal honey.

🐾 Animals Fact #11319

The fairy fly is the smallest known insect, measuring only 0.005 inches long.

🐾 Animals Fact #11317

Some species of cicadas emerge from underground only once every 17 years.

🐾 Animals Fact #11316

Dragonflies have a hunting success rate of about 95%, making them one of the most efficient predators in nature.

🐾 Animals Fact #11315

The trap-jaw ant can snap its mandibles shut at speeds up to 145 miles per hour, the fastest movement in the animal kingdom.

🐾 Animals Fact #11314

Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way, making them the only known insects to orient themselves by the stars.

🐾 Animals Fact #11312

The bombardier beetle mixes two chemicals in its abdomen that explode out of its rear at boiling temperatures.

🐾 Animals Fact #11311

The jewel wasp zombifies cockroaches by injecting venom directly into their brains, then leads them to its nest.

🐾 Animals Fact #11309

A ladybug can eat up to 5,000 aphids in its lifetime.

🐾 Animals Fact #11307

The mayfly has the shortest lifespan of any insect — some species live for only 5 minutes as adults.

🐾 Animals Fact #11306

The atlas moth has no mouth and cannot eat — it survives on fat stored during its caterpillar stage and lives only about two weeks.

🐾 Animals Fact #11304

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

🐾 Animals Fact #11249

Octopuses have three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood.

🐾 Animals Fact #11247

A group of hedgehogs is called a prickle, and a group of pandas is called an embarrassment.

🐾 Animals Fact #11235

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance, and they stand on one leg to conserve body heat.

🐾 Animals Fact #11230

The yeti crab, discovered in 2005, grows bacteria on its hairy claws and uses them as a food source near hydrothermal vents.

🐾 Animals Fact #11224

Giant tube worms near hydrothermal vents can grow over 6 feet long and have no mouth, stomach, or eyes.

🐾 Animals Fact #11212

The barreleye fish has a completely transparent head that allows it to look straight up through its skull.

🐾 Animals Fact #10945

The sailfish can raise and lower a large dorsal fin to herd fish into tight groups before striking.

🐾 Animals Fact #10944

Manta rays have the largest brain-to-body ratio of any cold-blooded fish and can recognize themselves in mirrors.

🐾 Animals Fact #10939

Corals are tiny animals called polyps that build massive reef structures by secreting calcium carbonate.

🐾 Animals Fact #10935

Oysters can change their gender back and forth throughout their lives.

🐾 Animals Fact #10902

The honeybadger has been observed opening car doors, unscrewing bolts, and solving complex escape problems in captivity.

🐾 Animals Fact #10790

A cockroach can survive for up to a month without food but only about a week without water.

🐾 Animals Fact #10789

The African elephant's pregnancy lasts nearly 22 months, the longest gestation period of any land animal.

🐾 Animals Fact #10788

Dolphins have been observed using dead pufferfish to get high — they gently chew on the fish to release small amounts of toxin.

🐾 Animals Fact #10787

The hairy frog, also called the horror frog, can break its own bones to produce claws that puncture through its skin.

🐾 Animals Fact #10786

Male seahorses give birth to live young — the female deposits her eggs into the male's brood pouch.

🐾 Animals Fact #10785

The blanket octopus is immune to the venom of the Portuguese man o' war and even uses its tentacles as weapons.

🐾 Animals Fact #10784

The kakapo is the world's only flightless parrot and one of the longest-living birds, with a lifespan of up to 100 years.

🐾 Animals Fact #10782

Leafcutter ants do not eat the leaves they collect — they use them to cultivate a fungus garden that serves as their food source.

🐾 Animals Fact #10781

Electric rays can generate electric shocks of up to 220 volts to stun prey and defend against predators.

🐾 Animals Fact #10780

The proboscis monkey has an unusually large nose that amplifies its vocalizations to attract mates and intimidate rivals.

🐾 Animals Fact #10779