Animals Facts

A cuttlefish can camouflage almost instantly.

🐾 Animals Fact #383

The platypus is one of the few mammals that lay eggs.

🐾 Animals Fact #382

Ravens can solve complex problems in experiments.

🐾 Animals Fact #380

Some beetles can lift objects many times their own weight.

🐾 Animals Fact #378

Certain frogs can inflate themselves to appear larger to predators.

🐾 Animals Fact #377

Narwhals are known for their long spiral tusks.

🐾 Animals Fact #376

A kangaroo cannot walk backward easily.

🐾 Animals Fact #375

The Arctic fox changes fur color with the seasons.

🐾 Animals Fact #373

Snow leopards use their long tails for balance.

🐾 Animals Fact #371

A blue-ringed octopus carries venom potent enough to affect humans.

🐾 Animals Fact #370

Some spiders can glide through the air using silk.

🐾 Animals Fact #369

Butterflies can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers.

🐾 Animals Fact #368

Some species of turtles can breathe through their cloaca underwater.

🐾 Animals Fact #365

Sea otters hold hands while sleeping to avoid drifting apart.

🐾 Animals Fact #364

A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in a few seconds.

🐾 Animals Fact #363

Penguins can drink salt water because of specialized glands.

🐾 Animals Fact #362

Clownfish can change sex during their lifetime.

🐾 Animals Fact #361

Certain species of ants farm aphids for food.

🐾 Animals Fact #360

Male seahorses carry and give birth to their young.

🐾 Animals Fact #359

A group of porcupines is called a prickle.

🐾 Animals Fact #358

Bees have five eyes.

🐾 Animals Fact #356

Some frogs carry their tadpoles on their backs.

🐾 Animals Fact #354

A tarantula can survive for weeks without food.

🐾 Animals Fact #353

Dragonflies can fly in all directions, including backward.

🐾 Animals Fact #352

An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.

🐾 Animals Fact #349

Some sharks can sense a drop of blood from far away.

🐾 Animals Fact #348

Elephants can detect distant thunderstorms through ground vibrations.

🐾 Animals Fact #347

Archerfish shoot jets of water to knock insects off branches.

🐾 Animals Fact #346

A hummingbird's heart can beat over 1,000 times per minute.

🐾 Animals Fact #345

Emperor penguins can dive deeper than 1,500 feet.

🐾 Animals Fact #344

Some species of octopus can change both color and texture.

🐾 Animals Fact #343

A mantis shrimp can strike with the speed of a bullet.

🐾 Animals Fact #342

Blue whales can grow longer than 90 feet.

🐾 Animals Fact #341

Some animals use camouflage to avoid predators.

🐾 Animals Fact #336

Some birds can sleep while flying.

🐾 Animals Fact #332

Some amphibians can absorb oxygen through their skin.

🐾 Animals Fact #328

Some birds can fly at high altitudes over mountains.

🐾 Animals Fact #323

Some reptiles can live for over a century.

🐾 Animals Fact #319

Some birds build elaborate nests.

🐾 Animals Fact #308

Some mammals hibernate during winter.

🐾 Animals Fact #303

Some birds use tools to obtain food.

🐾 Animals Fact #294

Some insects undergo complete metamorphosis.

🐾 Animals Fact #289

Some species of sharks must keep moving to breathe.

🐾 Animals Fact #284

Some animals use echolocation to navigate in darkness.

🐾 Animals Fact #278

Some birds can mimic human speech.

🐾 Animals Fact #268

Whales are mammals and must breathe air.

🐾 Animals Fact #265

Some butterflies migrate thousands of miles.

🐾 Animals Fact #262

Some species of penguins can swim at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour.

🐾 Animals Fact #251

An adult giraffe can clean its ears with its tongue.

🐾 Animals Fact #248

Blue whales are the largest animals known to have ever lived.

🐾 Animals Fact #246