40 Facts About Animals

1.If you train pigeons enough, they can tell the difference between artists and their painting techniques. For example, some pigeons in Keio University were trained by Japanese scientists- Shigeru Watanabe, Junko Sakamoto and Masumi Wakita to differentiate between Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet

2.Dragonflies and Damselflies form a heart with their tails when they mate. So cute.
3.Like human babies suck their thumbs for comfort, Elephant babies suck their trunks for comfort.
4.When Sea Otters sleep, they hold hands with each other so that they don’t drift apart.
5.Animal behaviorists have concluded that cats do not meow to communicate with each other. They meow to get attention from humans. Their meow is meant to mimic the cries of a baby.

6.Flamingos are actually white. Their diet (Brine and Shrimp) turns their feathers and skin pink.
7.In 1924, a Labrador retriever named Pep was sentenced to life without parole at Eastern State Penitentiary for killing the Governor of Pennsylvania’s cat.

8.Cats cannot taste sugar. They do not have the taste buds that taste sweetness.
9.Birds are immune to the heat of Chili peppers. This is one of the causes of why parrots are sometimes given Green chilies to eat.

10.Honeybees can also get and pass on Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
11.Bald Eagles, unlike their demeanor, sound so silly that movies, TV series and cartoons often dub their voices to sound more predator-ly.

12.According to Time, you have more chances of being bitten by a human in New York than ever experiencing a Shark bite.

13.Female bats give birth while hanging upside down and catch the baby in their wings as it drops.
14.Some cats display tendencies to be allergic to human beings.
15.A shrimp’s heart is located in its head.
16.A snail can sleep for up to three years. Goals?
17.The fingerprints of Koalas are so similar to those of humans that they have often been mistaken for a human’s at crime scenes.

18.Elephants are the only animals that cannot physically jump.
19.You can hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and stroking its belly (though I would not recommend it).

20.Nearly three percent of the ice in the Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
21.A cow gives nearly 2,00,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime. Cow flatulence is also a huge contributor to Greenhouse gas emissions.

22.When exiting a cave, bats always turn left.
23.Giraffes do not have vocal chords.
24.Kangaroos are incapable of farting.
25.Nearly one in two orangutans have a fractured bone in their body because they fall out of tress so often.

26.Turtles can breathe through their butts.
27.Macaques in Japan are so smart that they use coins to buy snacks from vending machines. They also make snowballs for fun.

28.Norway has a knighted penguin.
29.Rats laugh when tickled (how did studies know this?).
30.Dolphins have names for each other.
31.Seahorses mate for life and hold tails with each other when they travel.
32.Turritopsis Nutricula Immortal is a type of jellyfish that lives on forever.
33.Candace Savage, a long time bird watcher and nature writer, has observed that crows are so smart that they even play pranks on each other.

34.Butterflies taste with their feet
35.Studies show that goats, like humans, have accents.
36.Turtles, Water snakes, crocodiles, Alligators, Dolphins, and Whales can drown if kept underwater for too long.

37.A tarantula spider can survive for up to two years without food.
38.A single tooth of an Elephant can weigh as much as 4 kgs (9lbs).
39.Ants do not sleep. They also do not have lungs.
40.Scientists have performed brain surgeries on Cockroaches.