hi have some strange facts about animals you want to share?,or really love animals and want to learn more about them?, or just bored and decided to take a look heres a place to keep you unbored typing and learning!!! this place is all about animal facts obvious ones and not so obvious just post the ones you know and edit your post when you learn more!! and do please try to make sure no one else already posted it (unless theres like a lot I don't expect you to go through them all if that time comes though ill make a list ) so ill get started with the next post but feel free to go ahead and post :)

1. Elephants are the only land mammal that cant jump
2. Africas elephants ears are bigger then Asian elephants ears
3.there 300+ different purebred dog breeds while only 30+ different cat breeds
4. the worlds largest flying bird is the great wondering albetrosse with a wingspan of 11-14 feet they are usually in the southern seas
5.an elephant weighs as much as a blue whales tongue
6. there are 2 types of seals true seals and eared seals true seals ears don't poke you and have shorter front flippers example of one elephant seals and the eared seals have outer ears and front flippers are larger example leopard seal
7.most poisonous spiders don't spin webs
8.the harvester spider (daddy long legs) are the most poisonous spider but its fangs are to small to bite us
9. the wondering spider in south America (I think that's where it lives) also called the bird eating spider hunts birds for food
10. the mouse ,human and giraffe each have only 7 neck vertebrae while the owl has 14
11. if a bird was brought into space it would die of dehydration because it needs gravity to drink
12.a giraffes kick can decapitate a lion
13. despite popular belief goats are actually picky eaters they just like to feel things with there mouth and they cannot eat a can if they wanted to they only have a bottom row of teeth in the front of there mouth(I have 3 and we still have cans!!!)
14.a skunks smell is so bad a human nose can smell it a mile away (poor skunk cant get away from itself)
15. when opassums "play possum" they actually faint from terror and release a smell of a dead animal so predators think its bad meat
16.an owl is the only bird that can see blue
17.the name kangaroo was an accident this is the story - American explorers went to Australia and seen a tall hopping animal and they met up with the natives and asked what the name of it was and they said kan gah roo which in there language meant "we cant understand you" and I guess they just stuck with it
18. a female kangaroo can have 4 babies at any time the oldest is out of the pouch hanging with momma then the next in her pouch drinking milk and growing then the next is inside her ready to be born then the next is in a state of suspended animation waiting for the next to be born so it can start developing
19.the kangaroo is the largest marsupial and her newborn baby is about the size of a peanut or smaller
20. the hyena is not a dog its a weasel
21. both male and female hyenas have..."male parts" so the males arnt needed and are smaller then the females
22. the female hyena gives birth through her male part (OW!!!) and the moment the babies are born they try to kill eachother
23.hyenas hunt animals for fun and doesn't eat them
24.hyenas are the only animal lions hunt but not eat
25.female lions hunt not the males
26. if a male lion sees a cub from a different father he will kill it
27. lions can mate 50 times a day.....
28. because of the way the pigs skeleton works they cant look up
29. rabbits will die of fear cause there heart will beat to fast
30. to many carrots are actually bad for rabbits they have to many calories but are a good snack (they also love garden grown basil!!!) *has a rabbit named dizzie lizzie!!!*
31. salmon only live about a year to grow breed then die
32. purebred dog species are harder to take care of and have a higher chance of dieing early (I have had a pure bred teacup chuhuahua *forgot how to spell it* and a pure bred mini aussie and both died do to genetic problems rip melina and jake )

Scarlet macaws eat clay to neutralize the acids their food give them (fruit)

There is a type of parrot called the Kea that lives in the mountains of New Zealand. They have the ability to instantly learn from their brothers and sisters and cooperate to survive. Also they are super smart and can destroy windows in homes and in cars, so much so that people sell Kea proofing materials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak6omNRd6-g Check out this video it is super cool!
Another fact: giraffes have no voice boxes.

Bdelloideans are a type of rotifers (tiny invertebrate) that live in ephemeral (temporary) pools. They are eutelic, meaning they have only a set number of cells and do not undergo meiosis (cell division). They also undergo parthenogenesis, which is an asexual reproductive method which is basically just self-cloning, meaning all Bdelloidea are "females". When their pools dry up, they dessicate (lose the water in their bodies), but remain alive. They can remain this way for quite some time, before the seasons turn and their pools fill up with water again. They absorb this water in order to function again. However, sometimes they can absorb too much water and explode, or expire while they were dessicated. Dessication damages the DNA, so before they can reproduce, they need to repair it. They can take DNA in the environment surrounding them and incorporate it into their own to patch up the holes. A lot of this can be from the burst Bdelloidea, but they have found animal, plant, fungal, and bacterial DNA mixed in. Parthenogenesis has the problem of every copy having the exact DNA, except the more times it is replicated, the more it becomes damaged. Also, if all members of a population share the same traits, they are also all susceptible to the same diseases and also cannot further evolve. Bdelloideans solve this neatly by incorporating foreign DNA into their genome- and that is cool as heck.

I watch a lot of documentaries, some give me more information than I want to know. Now I'm going to share a few of the more disturbing facts I've learned.

1. Capybaras (giant rodents that look like guinea pigs) eat their own poop.
2. Vanilla flavouring contains a chemical compound that comes from a beaver's butt.
3. Turkey Vultures use their own urine to clean themselves and vomit up their food when they're too full to fly.
4. The Horned Toad squirts blood out of its eyes when in danger.
5. The Hoopoe (a type of bird) will squirt poop at its enemy when threatened.
6. Roadrunners eat their own young if they don't gain weight fast enough.
7. Male Proboscis Monkeys show they're fully extended.... uh... manly parts to intimidate other males.
8. Dwarf Sperm Whales use a cloud of poop to escape from enemies. (Like how ninjas use smoke bombs)
9. Male Anglerfish merge with the female they mate with until all that's left of them is their... manly parts.

o_O

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=7121&page=1#4 Author: Kale Time Posted: 12/4/2013 at 10:28 PM There is a type of parrot called the Kea that lives in the mountains of New Zealand. They have the ability to instantly learn from their brothers and sisters and cooperate to survive. Also they are super smart and can destroy windows in homes and in cars, so much so that people sell Kea proofing materials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak6omNRd6-g Check out this video it is super cool! Another fact: giraffes have no voice boxes.

Yes Kea are little sh*ts, so cheeky and they know it.

Jazzy--not only do Capybara eat their own poop, so do regular rabbits. *has one named Checkers that does this*

:8 I know one in the back of my head somewhere...

1. A female ferret has to either have babies before her monthly cycle or be spaded else she will die of blood loss.
2. the sea cucumber poops as it moves along the ground, so technically it poops during its entire lifespan.
3. The zebra's kick is powerful enough to break a lions jaw.
4. Giraffes can run up to 30mph
5. Lions are called Simba in Swahili, same goes with names as Pumbaa for the boars.
6. Birds will always produce eggs, regardless if the egg contains an unborn baby.
7. Lions, due to their voice boxes can't purr, just as house cats can't roar.
8. Cheetahs don't roar, but instead chirp.
9. Cats can swim, just prefer not to get wet, especially domestic cats who have that choice.
10. The Turkish Van loves to swim, regardless of domestication, and is called the swimming cat.
11. Female cats are normally more social towards one another and will care for one-another young, males are usually classically anti-social.
12. cats and dogs are equally intelligent, just dogs being pack animals prefer praise and rewards and are a lot more easy to tell what they enjoy. Cats actually require pocking and prodding to figure out what makes them enjoy the reward, which is why dog people think cats are more difficult to train if not, not intelligent enough. Cats usually will do anything that helps with social status. Thus, is why when we don't give them attention they want it, and when we want to give them attention they refuse. In a sense cats like being in control. Cats do learn tricks though: Meowing or scratching a door to get out. -my cat: Skunk will scratch on my bedroom door if I'm not fast enough to let him out during meal time.
13. Animals that are known for being scruffed: Cats, and ferrets, are known for going limp if scruffed properly. Scruffing was originally a source of punishment used by the parent of these animals. ferrets parents would even go on to drag their "child" -I use child bc it is a term used to differentiate parent from child regardless of age.- across the ground or left and right.
14. Just as human, all animals are smart in their own way: dogs: Obedience such as being told to sit and sitting and other such tricks, cats: We all hate it when cats open our cupboards, or when my cat: Kisa knows my bedroom door doesn't latch to well and will try to open the door with her paw.
15. Rabbits as babies are called Kits, or Kittens, yet adults males are bucks and females are does.
16. Gentoo Penguins males propose to their lifetime mates with pebbles.
17. Cows have favorites, or best friends and remember who they are.
18. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
19. Butterflies taste with their feet, not their antennaes.
20. A female dog is a b1tch before puppies, a mother is called a dam -hopefully bc I'm using the words in scientific terminology I won't get in trouble-
21. Sea otters hold each others paws when they sleep so that they don't drift.
22. When rabbits twist and jump out of excitement it's called a binky.
23. Humpback whales will actually sing each others music, and might even evolve it. Think of it as a Bard going around singing stories but as he goes around and others hear it, it might get changed up. yes even other groups of the whales will ding a song from a different group.
24. Sea horses are monogamous life mates and travel holding each others tails.
25. Male pups will intentionally let females win, so that they can get to know them later.
26. Monkeys don't like unequal rewards: one monkey gets a pebble the other gets a banana for the same exact work, guess who is unhappy. XD
27. Worms communicate by snuggling.
28. Elephants are empathetic, even towards other species: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tarra-and-bella-elephant-loses-mans-best-friend/
29. Elephants never forget.
30. A cats nose is like a humans finger, it has a unique pattern.
31. Fish use tools, such as rocks to open clams.
32. Dolphins hav distinct calls(names) for one-an-other.
33. Cows produce more milk when they listen to music they enjoy.
34. a group of porcupines is called a prickle.
35. common swifts spend their entire lifetime in the air, they will catch bugs as they fly, the only time they aren't is when they are nesting.
36. Baby chimps play make-believe the same way young children do, they will even play dolls, using items like sticks and "pretend to feed" the stick.