The bombardier beetle sprays boiling hot caustic chemicals from its abdomen as a defense mechanism.

Butterflies can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers.

Fact #368 · Animals

A sloth can take up to a month to digest a single meal.

Fact #441 · Animals

A hippopotamus can hold its breath underwater for several minutes.

Fact #433 · Animals

Some beetles can lift objects many times their own weight.

Fact #378 · Animals

Many species of beetles have hardened wing covers called elytra.

Fact #457 · Animals

Blue whales can grow longer than 90 feet.

Fact #341 · Animals

Emperor penguins can dive deeper than 1,500 feet.

Fact #344 · Animals

Some species of frogs can survive being partially dehydrated.

Fact #444 · Animals