Animals

Amazing facts about pets, wildlife, and creatures from across the animal kingdom.

The Evil Number Known as the Belphegor’s Prime: 1000000000000066600000000000001 is a Palindromic Prime with 666 in the Middle and 13 Zeros on Each Side. It is Named After the Prince of Hell. October 7, 2022
Albatrosses Use Dynamic Soaring or Slope Soaring While Flying Across the Ocean, and They Almost Never Flap Their Wings. They Can Fly This Way for About 1,000 Kilometers. October 5, 2022
Male Goats Urinate on Their Heads to Smell More Attractive to Female Goats. October 4, 2022
Ostrich Farms are Having Difficulties Getting Their Male Ostriches to Breed because They are More Attracted to Their Human Caretakers Than Female Ostriches. September 30, 2022
Polar Bears Actually Have Transparent Hollow Fur and Have Black Skin. September 28, 2022
Bo Jackson is the Only Professional Athlete in History to be Named an All-Star in Both Baseball and Football. September 28, 2022
A Plant Hopper, Issus coleoptratus, is the First Species Found to Have Functional Biological Gears. September 28, 2022
Crocodiles and Alligators are Surviving Members of an Ancient Evolutionary Division of Archosaurs. This Species Dominated the Planet During the Late Triassic Period Before an Extinction Event Led Them to be Usurped by Dinosaurs. September 27, 2022
The First Documented Mention of Adults Playing Cricket Came from 1611, When Two Men were Fined for Failing to Attend Church on Easter Sunday because They Were Playing Cricket. September 22, 2022
Mother Bears are Extremely Protective of Their Cubs That They Will Actively Seek Out Human Occupied Areas Because They Know Male Bears, Who are a Threat to Their Young, Will Avoid Human Contact. September 18, 2022
Skunks are Immune to Snake Venom and Will Actually Eat Venomous Snakes. They are One of the Few Animals Who Have This Kind of Immunity. September 8, 2022
When Female Manta Rays are Ready to Mate, They Release Pheromones that Attract Males. This Leads to a “Manta Train,” Where Multiple Male Manta Rays Follow Behind a Female in Hopes of Mating with Them. September 4, 2022
A Female Yellow-Headed Amazon Parrot Escaped from Captivity in Germany in 1984. A Year Later, a Male Parrot Followed, and Those Two Have Established a Population of 60 Birds, Making Them the Biggest Wild Population of Parrots in Europe. September 2, 2022
For Over 50 Years, Chicago Public Schools Required Male Students to be in the Nude While Attending Swimming Classes. Only Female Students were Allowed to Wear Swimsuits. August 29, 2022
In 1910, Kiddo the Cat Snuck Aboard an Airship and Travelled for 71 Hours. He was Then Adopted by the Daughter of One of the Airmen August 23, 2022
President Andrew Jackson Owned a Parrot Named Poll. When Jackson Passed, Poll was at the Funeral but had to be Removed for Swearing and Yelling Profanities. August 20, 2022
The Mapogo Lion Coalition is a Brutal Pack of Six Lions who Feasted Across Africa. They Claimed 170,000 Acres of Land and Killed Over 100 Other Lions and Cubs. August 20, 2022
General Motors Uses Byproducts from Their Cars to Make Artificial Stalactites for Bats August 12, 2022
Bats are Quite Beneficial to the Agriculture Industry Since they Eat Enough Insects to Save the US Over a Billion in Crop Damage and Pesticides August 9, 2022
Humans Can Easily Lose 500 grams of Water Through Sweating August 4, 2022