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35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know All the deep sea anglerfish you see pictures of with the lil lights hanging over their heads? They're all female.

The males are tiny and born with a terribly weak jaw and a massive hunger. They seek out a female, and torn between hungry and horny they bite her.

She then releases an enzyme that fuses the male to her body. She slowly absorbs them into her body with only their lil testicles remaining so she can instantly fertilize her eggs when she wants to.

Some females have rows and rows of lil testicles on their bodies from where they have absorbed multiple males.

And you thought your sex life was weird, eh?

But no kink shaming.

Hyzenthlay87 , Przemek P Report

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Aran Lindvail 2 years ago

🌟Lil testicles 🌟

160points

#3

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Sloths are literally too lazy to go looking for a mate, so a female sloth will often sit in a tree and scream until a male hears her and decides to mate with her

amishsheepherder , Javier Mazzeo Report

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Trisha Howson 2 years ago

Lol can relate lol 😂😂😂😂

295points

Steven Wooding, from the Institute of Physics in the UK, recently shared with Bored Panda a cool animal fact that he thinks others should know, too.

“Crows are the Einsteins of the bird world. Expert at solving puzzles, and they can even recognize your face. They will actively avoid individuals who have been aggressive toward them in the past," he told us that we should never underestimate crows. Ca-caw indeed.

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35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Female dragonflies will fake being dead in order to stop unwanted male advances.

-eDgAR- , Les Attridge Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

In some species of animal, being dead does not stop unwanted male advances. I am looking at you ducks!

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karl briggs 2 years ago

The story briefly - Horny male duck A, chased male duck B in to a window. Duck B dies, undeterred duck A performes homosexual necrophilia on duck B. Kinky scientist watches whole thing with a raging D, spends X amount of time writing a paper on his experience. Everyone ridiculed him for wasting his time, as no one gives a flying F.

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GSMountainWolf 2 years ago

Wait, why is everyone talking about ducks? What’s the story behind this

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Sofie 2 years ago

Wow, they don't give a duck...

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Nemo 2 years ago

I'm still mad at that guy for taking the body. There are plenty of dead ducks out there and some of us wanted to know how much time it would take to finish

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PixxelDust 2 years ago

And penguins and dolphins

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MimSorensson 2 years ago

Sinister, sinister ducks.

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Sinnsyk Jakte 1 year ago

Motherduckers...

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𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤 2 years ago

*cough cough* puffins *cough cough*

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Shanaaia 2 years ago

Sometimes recommended for human females, too

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Abraham Zipp 2 years ago

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Trillian 2 years ago

Human females can relate.

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cloudninejen 2 years ago

Female dragonflies are my new spirit animal.

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Chris 2 years ago

Dragonflies also have the highest kill ratio in hunting at 98%.

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raincloud the whalien 2 years ago

BOOMSHOT!!!

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D Battle II 2 years ago

I would love to see this at a happen at a bar/club. lol

11points

Best behave.... 2 years ago

Hold my beer....

11points

Upstaged75 2 years ago

I often do this myself. If some guy catcalls me while I'm out in public I just lie down in the street and pretend to die. It usually works, but not always. :)

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raincloud the whalien 2 years ago

And that's the story of why the grown-ups don't want us to see Auntie/Uncle/(I need a gender-neutral term for this sibling-of-my-parent thing)!

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Daren Nicholas 2 years ago

Sounds like my wife when i try to initiate

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Bonesko 2 years ago

Hmm🤔 that's not a bad idea. I'm going to try the dragonfly the next time I'm out and there's a creeper about.

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lapis lazuli 2 years ago

*Saves to notes*

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John L 2 years ago

Good job, BP. You got the photo right, this time.

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Draco's Dragonfly 2 years ago

Shhh! You're not supposed to tell them that, what if there are any males here at BP?

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I Think I'm Hilarious 2 years ago

I'm really hoping there aren't any male dragonflies on here

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Kacy Harrison 2 years ago

Ladies, haven’t we all been a female dragonfly at one time in our lives?

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Stephanie Barr 2 years ago

While I don't think women should have to do this, I'm disheartened to reflect that I'm not even sure it would work.

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MAL 2 years ago

Same.

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Uncle Bud 2 years ago

This is truly interesting. By the way, I've got a few smiles reading the comments. I had to up vote a few.

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Guido Pisano 2 years ago

nature version of ghosting someone

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Claire Law 2 years ago

Does this work with humans 🤔?

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Auntriarch 2 years ago

Only in polite relationships. It's called the other doggy position - roll over and play dead

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MJ 2 years ago

Same, dragonfly, same..

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ℙ𝕦𝕣𝕣_𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕕 2 years ago (edited)

Probably wouldn't stop Bill Cosby. (Forgive me. Had to do it)

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SydneyP 2 years ago

And you thought faking a headache was bad!

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GirlFriday 2 years ago

Same

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Coco 2 years ago

That wouldn’t work on the human race.

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Trisha Howson 2 years ago

Wish that worked in every species of animal

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Glengoolie Blue 1 year ago

I used to be married to one of those.

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Jerry's Mom 1 year ago

Too bad male Praying Mantis's haven't learned that trick. They would be able to avoid the females and keep their heads! 🤣🤣

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Currentlylost 1 year ago

So when you’re getting hit on and you don’t want him, fake dead girls! For instance, a guy at the bar is getting flirty and a bit too close. Slowly crawl to the ground, and “die” Problem solved

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Dorothy Cloud 1 year ago

I can relate to that behavior!!

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Suzie 1 year ago

Again been there done that bought the tee shirt

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Klopec 1 year ago

Also like humans!

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michael piscopo 1 year ago

sounds like marriage

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Bubbles and sparks 1 year ago

I faked being dead asleep with my ex husband, does that count too?

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Kamara L 2 years ago

Yesssssssssss to this 😂

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Christy Long 2 years ago

I do that too.

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Susanne B 2 years ago

So male dragonflies doen't understand NO either

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Phuong T 2 years ago

okay

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Dana Mardaga 2 years ago

We females aught to try that!

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GC Rovario-Cole 2 years ago

Girl, same.

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Jonahs Mrs 2 years ago

Yeah, I've had to do this a couple of times myself in nightclubs on a Saturday night back in the day 😉x

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AnonymousApple 2 years ago

Relatable. Shockingly, that doesn't always work.

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Anna Marie 2 years ago

Me too girl, me too

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Ruth Cox 2 years ago

Same

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TheMousetress 2 years ago

I want that ability ASAP!

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NgatiDreadz 2 years ago

That one dragonfly that's a necrophiliac

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Susan Bosse 2 years ago

Been there, done that.

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Amanda Cox 2 years ago

Same

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Cristin Dadant 2 years ago

Same

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Nazda Pokmov 2 years ago

So do human females

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Nazda Pokmov 2 years ago

So do human females.....

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aniramx 2 years ago

Taking notes..

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Where’s The Shovel? 2 years ago

We've all done this...

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Chloe Dakin 2 years ago

Same dragonfly, same

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Cindy Snow 2 years ago

Me too

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Megan O'Neil 2 years ago

same

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Crazy Meerkat Lady 2 years ago

Found my spirit animal

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Anniegolightly 2 years ago

Same....

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Gia SDP 2 years ago

SAME. Again.

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Sarah Pryde 2 years ago

this was also a mating practice i used......it didnt work

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Laura Watts 2 years ago

Haven't we all

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

Passive aggressive?

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Babsevs 2 years ago

Been there!

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Zena Belen 2 years ago

So, like humans...

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Marc Dennler 2 years ago

Hoping that dragonflies aren't into Necrophilia then.

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Jules 2 years ago

We've all been there...

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kath morgan 2 years ago

Relatable

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Abraham Zipp 2 years ago

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Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

Same.

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#5

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know The chemical compound which is used to make fake banana flavour is the same compound honey bees use as an alarm pheromone. So never eat banana sweets near a beehive, and if you suddenly smell banana near a beehive, run!

generic-volume , Boba Jaglicic Report

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Jennik 2 years ago

Possibly the most useful thing I learned today

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#6

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know FACT: Dolphins have "bromances" in
which two males pair up for as long as 15 years and help each other hook up with females.

notcommonmedia Report

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Meanwhile, Dr. John W. Wilkinson, from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation charity in the UK, told Bored Panda that learning about animals can help inspire us to protect them. He said that people sharing photos of animals can create a deeper interest in them and their conservation. So long as the wildlife doesn’t get disturbed too much.

If you happen to have a garden, one way that you can help your local amphibians and reptiles (we hear they’re very polite) is by building a garden pond for them. That and not using chemicals are two ways that you can really help out the life growing in your garden.

#7

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Tarantulas have pet frogs. The frogs eat bugs and parasites that would damage the spider’s eggs, and in turn the spider protects the frog. Even after the eggs hatch they continue to protect the frog.

Hazmatix_art , Carlos Henrique Report

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Trigga 2 years ago

Pet? They are helping each other out

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gengarde , Stephen Michael Barnett Report

#8

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know The binturong, also known as the bearcat, is an arboreal mammal closely related to the red panda. It smells like popcorn!

My obscure fact about it is that captive binturong are capable of holding grudges, and will climb above people they dislike in order to s**t on their heads.

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Trigga 2 years ago

Who's smelling animals?

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#9

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know In Africa certain tribes communicate directly with birds called Honeyguides letting them know they are ready to hunt. The honey guides then lead them to hidden beehives in trees. The tribesmen break open the hives and take the honey( an important resource in their diet) and leave the honeyguides the bee larva and wax to feast on. In fact, it’s the only known example of targeted two-way signals between people and a free-living species.

spoon_shaped_spoon , Derek Keats Report

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Ian Webling 2 years ago

Honey birds do this with honey badgers as well.

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Unlucky-Pomegranate3 , Suzanne D. Williams Report

"In a small garden, even an upturned dustbin lid or bowl will provide a place for animals to drink," Dr. Wilkinson explained to us that if space is an issue, even something as small as this can help. If you have more space, you can make a compost heap or build a log pile.

"Climate change can be a very negative factor for frogs, toads, and newts. Ponds can dry up too quickly, meaning their tadpoles don’t have enough time to develop. Also, warmer winters affect hibernating frogs. They use more energy during hibernation and partially wake up, meaning they are in poorer condition for breeding. This is particularly hard on the females who put a lot of energy into making eggs (spawn)," the wildlife expert stressed that climate change is having a massive impact on local critters.

#10

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know When caterpillars enter the chrysalis phase, they don’t just sprout wings, their entire body first turns into a liquid, soupy substance which then reforms into the butterfly.

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Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

A comment from Reddit: The real crazy fact is that despite liquifying and then reforming as a butterfly they retain memories from when they were a caterpillar.

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#11

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Roosters deafen themselves temporarily every time they crow, so that they don’t damage their own hearing.

Soulfighter56 , Sarah Halliday Report

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Lyop 2 years ago

Oooh! So its ok for the twat to give me mini heart attacks every morning from my bedroom window while he casually uses his internal earplugs?!!

311points

#12

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know We all know an octopus has 8 legs.

It also has 3 hearts and 9 brains, and it can fit itself through a hole the size of a quarter.

Waldo_007 , Diane Picchiottino Report

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k1ddkanuck 2 years ago (edited)

Each tentacle contains grey (brain) matter. Each one literally thinks for itself, while the central brain does the legwork where it comes to coordination. They are basically aliens. And very smart ones. Be nice to octopuses.

237points

#13

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know A sperm whale call is so loud the sound waves could kill a human if they swam close to the whale.

Apparently some divers said they could feel the water heat up from the energy of the sound.

MountEverest14 , wikipedia.org Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure that when provoked, my wife could kill a human with her voice.

182points

#14

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Woodpecker tongues wrap around the back of their brains. This helps the brain stay protected during high speed pecking.

powderabuser , Robert Woeger Report

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Ben 2 years ago

Worth googling a picture, it looks quite awesome

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#15

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Hippos sweat is red.

Ethan8246 , Dušan veverkolog Report

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SelkieBlackfysh 2 years ago

Natural sunblock!

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#16

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know The spines on a Tiger's tongue are sharp enough to lick skin clean off of muscle.

me0619 , Alexas Fotos Report

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Trisha Howson 2 years ago

Yeah just imagine a cats tongue but 10 times as tough

84points

#17

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know All halibut are male until they reach 45 inches in length. They then all become female.

serouslydoe , Brian Yurasits Report

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third molar 2 years ago

So they get promoted!

359points

#18

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know There is a genus of frog called "Mini". There are only three frogs in the genus, and their scientific names are all puns: Mini mum, Mini ature and Mini scule.

SwimmingOnMars , Sergiu Nista Report

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No you didn't 2 years ago

Mini ngful.

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WalterDaSquirrel1259 , William Moreland Report

#19

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Chickens will come say goodbye to each other when one is dying and they do soft clicks and will then leave and that chicken will normally die alone. Some chickens also will kill another chicken because they sense something’s wrong with the chicken, a disease for example. Hope u enjoyed these facts I found them in a book called How To Speak Chicken.

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Aran Lindvail 2 years ago

They will also absolutely eat dead chickens. They are tiny dinosaurs, after all.

129points

covalentbond007 , Włodzimierz Jaworski Report

#20

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Idk how obscure it is but the average lifespan for a squirrel is 16 years which is a lot longer than I would have ever thought

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Scagsy 2 years ago (edited)

Imma come back as a squirrel. EDIT: Not because of this fact but because I like squirrels.

74points

#21

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Every once in awhile, an emperor penguin will do something very strange. Most of them will never do this, but the ones who do have stumped scientists for awhile now.

Every once in awhile, a penguin will turn away from its colony and start heading for the interior of the continent (Antarctica). Away from the food, the water, the safety of the colony. Off alone towards certain death. Almost like zombies. In the past, scientists would try to stop them. Or take them back to the colony. At which point, they'd simply turn around and begin their journey again, in the same direction, toward the same end. Some would even get violent if they were met with intervention.

The prevailing thought is that this penguin is depressed and is committing suicide in a very non-altruistic manner. But nobody knows for sure. There are a lot of possible explanations for this (including the possibility of a fungal infection similar to the cordyceps infection that can cause some colony insects to behave in exactly the same way, potential signs of brain tumors or other medical conditions that the birds are exposed to) It's well known that birds can experience depression or anxiety, but they tend to respond to this in very immediate ways, such as by over-preening (pulling out their own feathers), screaming, or being unusually quiet, loss of appetite, etc. (Bird anorexia is a MAJOR thing) These activities are signs of redirecting stress, while wandering off into the abyss of an unforgiving frozen continent implies the ability to analyze and think ahead in a way that most birds really don't seem to be able to do. So the reason may not be as immediately obvious as you might think.

From what I know, no autopsies have been performed on these rogue penguins. Most likely because the conditions are too harsh to hunt their corpses down. But until one is performed, we really have zero idea why they do this. And yet they do. And the behaviour is common enough that it's been documented multiple times.

StGir1 , Hubert Neufeld Report

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Mozzarella 2 years ago

Ok I am now very creeped out and slightly depressed myself. Penguins being depressed makes me depressed.

166points

#22

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Platypus' glow teal under a UV light, so Perry the Platypus is actually the correct color.

smollindy-loo Report

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Peppy Piplup 2 years ago

Dooby dooby dooba, dooby dooby dooba, dooby dooby dooba, PERRY!

67points

#23

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Snakes don't have eyelids. If you see a snake blink, that's a legless lizard.

CirothUngol , David Clode Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

When newts get pissed they are legless amphibians.

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#24

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Vultures urinate on their legs and feet to cool off on hot days, a process called urohydrosis. Their urine also helps kill any bacteria or parasites they’ve picked up from walking through carcasses or perching on dead animals.

Iron_Chic , Roberto Navarro Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Doesn't everyone?

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#25

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Sharks are older than Dinosaurs, Trees, and *the Rings of Saturn*.

Sharks are old as f**k.

voidsong , Gerald Schömbs Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Ancient shark, do do, do do do do.

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#26

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know To cross a river Armadillos can either sink to the bottom and crawl across since they can hold their breath for 7 minutes or they can inflate their intestines and use them as a flotation device to float.

Madbadbat , Joe Lemm Report

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Seonag Udell 2 years ago

Choices

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#27

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Mine are all whale related:

* Whale milk is so fatty that it has the consistency of toothpaste...
* ...this enables blue whale calves to grow at a rate of approximately 10lbs per hour
* Whales are the loudest animals on the planet - humpback whale songs can be heard 10,000 miles away
* Whales are the longest lived mammals on the planet - in 2007, a deadbowhead whale was found in Alaska with a 19th century harpoon embeddedin its flesh, making the animal at least 130 years old at the time ofits death
* The blue whale is the largest animal to have ever lived on earth - far larger than any prehistoric animal discovered to date

kirkl3s , Gerald Schömbs Report

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I’m A Black Cat 2 years ago

So could humans please stop hunting them??

239points

#28

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know The vast majority of Greenland sharks are blind thanks to a special parasite that eats their eyes and replaces them.

It is thought that this might actually be helpful because a) their eyesight was s**t anyway, b) the parasites wave like lures and may have an anglerfish-like effect, and c) the sharks are super slow so that might be one of the few ways for them to catch live prey.

Imagine something eating your eyeballs and it being an *upgrade*.

Fabled_Webs , wikipedia.org Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

They also use guide seals to navigate around the ocean.

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Yeeteth_thy_baby , Cornelius Ventures Report

#29

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Penguins have a gland above their eye that converts saltwater into freshwater

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Cat Momma 2 years ago

we need that to end freshwater crisis

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#30

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know A kangaroo will mate again one to three days after giving birth. the newborn will latch onto a teat in the pouch and as long as it thrives, the kangaroo can put its newly fertilized embryo in a state of dormancy and have a back up baby ready to go. if the newborn grows out of the pouch or dies, the kangaroos hormones will send signals to start the development of the egg. so they can have an adolescent Joey, a nursing one, and one in stasis all at the same time.

themoonhasgone , Ethan Brooke Report

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Trisha Howson 2 years ago

Wow new meaning to one after the other

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#31

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know There are more people who die each year because a coconut fell on their head than people who die in shark attacks.

I love this fact.

Blue0309 , Nipanan Lifestyle Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Steven Spielberg to make a horror film called Coconuts.

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#32

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know A beaver's a*s smells like icecream.

Castoreum, the product of those anal glands, was once used as a flavor substitute for vanilla. It’s now only used in perfume and a style of Swedish schnapps called Bäverhojt, or “beaver shout.”

TheDefected , Niklas Hamann Report

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Trigga 2 years ago

So someone just woke up one day and decides to smell a beavers a*s

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#33

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Turtles can breathe through their butts

ghost_gurrl , David Cadenas Report

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Mama Panda 2 years ago

That must suck if they have gas

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#34

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Pacu fish have teeth that look exactly like people’s. They evolved to chew nuts that fell into the water.

SunnySaigon , Omnitarian Report

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K- THULU 2 years ago

Remember that, guys ....

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#35

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Rabbits don't have pads on their paws. Only fur.

So if you see a cartoon rabbit with pads on it's paw, completely wrong.

FOTBWN , Gavin Allanwood Report

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Bobbie Meyers 2 years ago

And don't keep them in wire bottom cages!

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#36

Axolotls are real life Frankenstein's monsters.

Not only do they have the ability to regenerate tissue if it gets damaged much like a starfish can grow a limb, but if you cut off their arm and (oh I don't know) ATTACH IT TO IT'S BACK, their cells will form and fix between the back and the dismembered limb. After some time, the arm is completely attached and useful while attached to the back like some disgusting Mr Potato Head.

Some people did a test where they completely severed the head of an Axolotl and just pasted it next to the head of a other one to see if a head could do the same thing.

It worked.

The brain started thinking again, ate food after their esophagus attached, and became a fully functioning 2 headed axolotl.

WillyMcHilly489 Report

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SelkieBlackfysh 2 years ago

This is kind of cool. Multi limbed, filled axolotl. But dang that's cruel too.

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#37

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know The bearded vulture or bone-eating vulture, is a rare eur-asian vulture that only eats marrow, that looks rusty in color but is in fact white. This rusty color is because they actually paint themselves with red clay deposits to look attractive to their mates. They are really cool looking.

They have a little tuft of feathers below their beaks that looks like the beard of a dragon, so that is why they are called that.

Other cool fact: They can dissolve bone in the acid of their stomach in 24 hours. The PH of their stomachs is 1 which is VERY acidic. They are the only vulture species in the world that 90% of its diet is just bone.

pmmeaslice , Andrey Tikhonovskiy Report

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Jihana 2 years ago

Well, also human stomach acid is around 1-1,5, so this is nothing that special

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#38

I read somewhere that some species of bats practises oral sex. Apparently males of that species found out that if they satisfy the female enough, that than she will not go mate with another male thus securing their place as a father of the offspring.

Novel_Jelly8482 Report

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Laugh or not 2 years ago

Win-win situation here. I want to congratulate the female bats for educating their partners on good sexual practices.

61points

#39

The peacock mantis shrimp’s punch is so fast that the water around it cannot fill in the space left by the moving appendage, creating a vacuum known as a cavitation bubble. When this bubble collapses, a sonic boom and flash of light are produced.

1sxekid Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Are these the shrimp that can punch through the glass of their tanks?

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#40

Panthers are not actually a distinct species of big cat. It's the name given to melanistic Jaguars and Leopards.

rebelphoenix17 Report

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Robert Trebor 2 years ago

Pronounced "painter" in some Appalachian areas. This can be a problem for you if you're expecting the home improvement guy but the other comes.

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#41

An octopuses neurons are spread out all throughout its body. When an arm is severed, intentionally or unintentionally, they will still search for and capture food, and then try to bring it back to a non existent mouth. Basically an octopus has a bit of its brain in each arm, and the arms move like normal after they’ve been severed, like how chickens run around without their heads.

Moose_Nuts1867 Report

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Reese2906Hi 2 years ago

Picture this: The chaos of a headless chicken with a severed octopus arm taped to its head.

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#42

If a hog nose snake is threatened it will puff up and hiss. If this doesn't work, it will flip onto its back and play dead. If you flip him from his back onto his belly, he will flip back over again.

flipping_birds Report

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Fat Harry 2 years ago

"Leave me alone, I'm DEAD!!"

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#43

Male giraffes will headbutt a female in the bladder until she urinates, then it tastes the pee to help it determine whether or not the female is ovulating

-eDgAR- Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

Speaking of urine, did you know that you can pee on a jellyfish sting? It won't make any difference, but you can do it if you want. Your life, your choices.

73points

#44

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Baby Koalas nuzzles their mother's butt to releases a runnier, protein-rich substance, called pap which they then drink to get mom's gut bacteria, helpful in digesting eucalyptus leaves.

DragonChasm , David Clode Report

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Chich 2 years ago

Butternutter

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#45

The Western Lowland Gorilla's scientific name is "gorilla gorilla gorilla"

CorporalCrash Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

So good they named it thrice.

26points

#46

Horses are opportunistic carnivores and have been observed to kill and eat small animals.

ipakookapi Report

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Aran Lindvail 2 years ago

Deer does that too.

20points

#47

The female American opposum has 13 nipples. This is one of my favorite facts of life.

CruisinJo214 Report

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Mozzarella 2 years ago

Well how many offsprings does it have?

8points

#48

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know Sea cucumbers spit out their insides to scare away predators.

ASUDom17 , Roban Kramer Report

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Peppy Piplup 2 years ago

They based a Pokémon on this animal (Pyukumku) and when it attacks, it's insides come out shaped like a fist. It's hilarious.

26points

#49

sharks have electro receptors in their face called the 'ampulla of lorenzini'. it helps them hunt. they can detect electric fields from the lil muscle movements of fishies and stuff. i always thought that was pretty nifty. sharks are so cool and misunderstood

broforange Report

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François Carré 2 years ago (edited)

These receptors are actually so sensitive that you can sort of knock a shark out for a brief moment by punching their nose, causing them sensation overload. A nosegasm, in other words.

9points

#50

They feed cows magnets so when cows eat nails/barbed wire/metal it stays in one stomach otherwise they'd get hardware disease and die.

Steffany_w0525 Report

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JK Rowling 2 years ago

We need a magnetic cow superhero

14points

#51

Spiders are one of the only animals that stores some of its sensory processing functionality OUTSIDE OF ITS BODY. Studies have shown that a spiders reaction to a movement in its web, is less like a person responding to the floor moving, and more like a person responding to a nervous input from their leg. Spiders use their webs as a direct extension of their body instead of as a tool.

kharmatika Report

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Robert Trebor 2 years ago

So, I am lobotomizing spiders when I walk through the webs they string across my path? I wonder if once they get it across they have second thoughts.

13points

#52

Not exactly obscure, but dolphins get high off of pufferfish venom. They also bully sharks.

fangbite49 Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

When swimming with dolphins, you are not supposed to swim below a male dolphin, they take it as a sign you are sexually available.

22points

#53

The mammal that has the most teeth is the giant armadillo of South America, with 74 teeth.

But that's nothing to snails. A common garden snail can have 14,000 teeth. Some snails grow 25,000 teeth in their lifetime. And the teeth grow on their tongue.

doublestitch Report

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Mozzarella 2 years ago

Nononononononononononono. I am never touching a snail ever again

12points

#54

Female ferrets die if they do not mate once they go into heat.

CN4President Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

They are literally dying to have the sex.

21points

#55

Army Ants will create "balls" during high water floods. The ball will roll allowing every ant to get a breath.

H010CR0N Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

Imagine the power that mankind would have if we all worked together like that.

31points

#56

Only sheep, whales, and humans go through menopause.

FinishTheThing Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

I heard that the sheep only do it because they are copying the whales and humans.

68points

#57

The brazilian free tailed bat is the fastest animal in straight and level flight at 100mph. Some birds are faster, but only in a dive. Source: Audubon.

starfishy Report

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zak 2 years ago

I *think* the peregrine falcon can dive at around 200mph, if I remember correctly. Pretty cool that a bat is faster in a straight line than any bird.

13points

#58

Butterfly taste with their feet. That will never leave my memory. I’ll be the old granny with dementia who says s**t like this but won’t remember what my kids look like

queefiest Report

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Mozzarella 2 years ago

So Be careful what your butterflies walk on…………

9points

#59

There are no male Mourning geckos. The entire species is female.

Moctor_Drignall Report

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JK Rowling 2 years ago (edited)

Parthenogenesis is the spontaneous development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell. The offspring will be identical to the parent. In Mourning geckos, it is possible, but rare, for infertile male offspring to be produced.

19points

#60

i don’t know if it’s obscure but orcas will beat stingrays until they’re too weak to fight back so their young can practice killing prey, also orcas are known to kill for fun.

Goblishark Report

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alwaysMispelled 2 years ago

Orcas and dolphins take after people, I guess

26points

#61

35 Interesting And Weird Animal Facts Not Too Many People Know The Inland Taipan (snake) has the strongest/potent venom on the planet, capable of killing around 290 humans with a single bite. Scaled to mice, a single bite could kill 250,000 mice.

That said, bites from the Inland Taipan to humans have been ***pretty rare*** as they usually stay underground and are not overly aggressive unless you jump all over their burrow. They also have a good number of predators who prey on them.

Flat-Cold , David Clode Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

*checking number on my ticket* "291 yeah! Ha ha all you lot before me! Losers!"

28points

PM_ME_YOUR_WRENTITS Report

#62

Not that incredible but never heard it and was unexpected.

Many common ants live for years.

I definitely pictured them as short life spans, and definitely felt a bit bad about the crazy number I've killed. Not that I stopped.

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Indra Servo 2 years ago

Only the queens though

6points

#63

Bears can make a sound similar to purring!

Melissa-Crown Report

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JK Rowling 2 years ago

Why did you have to tell me this. Now I wanna pet them even more.

20points

#64

Turkey vultures projectile vomit as a means of defense!

yourscottygirl Report

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Mozzarella 2 years ago

I could think of worse defence tactics. I think?

10points

#65

A narwhal's tusk is actually a large tooth that protrudes through their face. It is most often the left tooth. Also, they have nerve endings on the outside of the tusks.

TheSilverPotato Report

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Chich 2 years ago

Narwhals, Narwhals Swimming in the ocean Causing a commotion Coz they are so awesome

22points

#66

Giraffes have 7 cervical vertebrae, just like you humans.

alunidaje2 Report

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elmortero 2 years ago

"you humans"? Now I want to know what species you are :)

51points

#67

Whales are most closely related to a group of land animals called "artiodactyls," which includes hippos, pigs, and deer.

BornACrone Report

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MacKenzie Moore 2 years ago

did you know hippos can't swim. their bones are so dense they just walk on the floor of whatever water they are in

12points

Dad_Bod_Gain_Train Report

#68

Crocodillians (gaters, caiman, and crocs) have a specialized liver and diaphragm which allows them to slowly rise and sink in the water. By pulling their diaphragm via the hepatic shunt, they can shift their center of gravity and float up or down.

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Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago

Water balloons! :D

3points

#69

The combined spider population of the world consumes anywhere between 400 million to 800 million metric tons of food per year.

Qemyst Report

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Fat Harry 2 years ago

Half as much as the average American family.

16points

#70

The duck billed platypus has no nipples to feed their offspring. Instead, milk oozes from the skin.

ChimpyChompies Report

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JK Rowling 2 years ago

They also have venomous barbs on their hind legs for defense! God really clicked 'Randomize Selection' when making those guys.

17points

#71

Butterflies will drink blood given the option.

Semicolon7645 Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

I want to see a vampire film based on butterflies not bats now!

19points

#72

The genome of humans and moths is about 70% identic.

Hades_Moon Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

So that's why I keep bumping into lightbulbs.

38points

#73

While the blue whale has the largest penis in the animal kingdom (2.5-3m / ~8'-10') - but among mammals the Fossa has the largest penis to ratio of its body size (17-20cm / 7"-8") - at full maturity, their penis is approximately 1/6 of total body length (head to tip of tail) with a tail being about half that total length. Their penis extends past their front legs when fully erect.

And the Echidna's penis has 4 heads, where only two operate at once. They work much like ovaries release eggs where every time he ejaculates, only half of them do, and then the next time, the other half. The female of the species has a two-pronged reproductive tract allowing the half of the penis that IS active to fit right in. Oh I should also add that not unlike themselves, or cats, they have spiky penises as well.

nycola Report

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BasedWang12.2 2 years ago

I dare you to look up pix of echidna d***s

11points

#74

There is a thriving population of wild hippos in the Amazon.

ZombieGroan Report

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Gin. No tonic 2 years ago

These 70 hippos are descendants of 4 hippos that belonged to Pablo Escobar. After his death, his private zoo was let free. These hippos are a big problem in Colombia now.

23points

#75

Boa constrictor is the only animal where its common name is also its Latin binomial.

Skade-7 Report

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Aran Lindvail 2 years ago

Oh yeah? What about the gorilla gorilla gorilla?

23points

#76

Rabbits, INCLUDING DOMESTIC ONES, eat their poop every single day.

queeroctopus Report

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Aran Lindvail 2 years ago

Digesting grass is hard work!

14points

#77

Cats can't taste sweet things.

Amorphous_Opal215 Report

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Lacy Vaughn 2 years ago

One of my cats always tries to eat my cake, or anything with frosting on it. She hates ice cream. The other 2 will eat anything you put in front of them lol

8points