Fact #75

An octopus has three hearts.

Fact #73

Unicorn is Scotland’s national animal.

Fact #71

Male ostriches can roar like lions

Fact #70

Elephants can smell water from three miles away.

Fact #69

Giraffes never lie down.

Fact #67

The Southern Right Whale has the largest testicles of any living being on earth, with each pair weighing around a ton.

Fact #65

The second-loudest animal on earth is the Howler Monkey which is found in the rain forests of Latin America. It usually howls in morning and evening to communicate with others of the species. These howls can be heard up to 3 miles away in dense forest.

Fact #64

Humpback whales are the loudest animals on earth. Their low-frequency rumbling “songs” (over 180 decibels in volume) can be heard 500 miles away under water. (In contrast,  the sound of a jet engine reaches only 140 decibels.) 
WhileBlue whales stay alone and communicate with whales in other oceans with their deep sound, often in frequencies as low as 14 Hz which humans cannot hear.

Fact #63

The blue whale is the largest animal ever in the history of the earth. Weighing 144 tons, it is larger than even the biggest dinosaur. Its tongue weighs as much as an elephant and its heart is as big as a car.

Fact #62

The French Poodle dog breed originated not in France but in Germany, where it was known as the Pudel.

Fact #61

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

Fact #59

Cats have three eyelids. Their sense of smell is 14 times stronger than that of humans.

Fact #56

When someone sleeps through winter (like bears), it’s called hibernation. When someone sleeps through summers, it is called aestivation. Many animals — both in water and land — aestivate to avoid damage from high temperatures and dehydration.

Fact #49

If you weighed all the electrons used to store the information on the Internet, they would weigh less than a chicken’s egg.

Fact #43

Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time, as they sleep with one eye open.

Fact #31

It takes approximately 2 million flowers for a bee to make 1 pound of honey.

Fact #21

Camel’s milk does not curdle.

Fact #14

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

Fact #12

Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.

Fact #5

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.