50 Incredible Short Animal Facts
How much do you know about animals? We're sure that some of these facts will surprise you, even If you think that you know a lot!
#1 Penguins
Male penguins propose to females by giving them a pebble.
#2 Flamingos
Flamingos can only eat when they have head upside down.
#3 Bats
Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
#4 Elephants
Elephants are covered with hair.
#5 Snakes
Snakes have ears inside their heads.
#6 Dogs
Dogs can't eat anything containing milk, chocolate or caffeine - it can be really harmful for them.
#7 Elephants
Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
#8 Moths
Moths don't have stomach.
#9 Ostriches
Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
#10 Woodpeckers
Woodpeckers can peck 20 times per second.
#11 Ants
Ants never sleep.
#12 Oysters
Oysters can change gender multiple times during their life.
#13 Chimps
Humans and chimps share 98.8 percent of their DNA.
#14 Dogs
Adult dogs have 42 teeth.
#15 Tigers
Tigers have striped skin, not only fur. Each pattern is as unique as a fingerprint.
#16 Slugs
Slugs have four noses.
#17 Dogs
Dogs have 10,000 times stronger sense of smell than humans.
#18 Frogs
Frogs sleep with their eyes open.
#19 Fleas
Fleas can jump 350 times their's body length.
#20 Starfish
Starfish have no brains.
#21 Giraffes
Giraffes and humans have the same number of bones in their neck.
#22 Elephants
Elephants sleep 2 to 3 hours each day.
#23 Koalas
Koalas have human-like fingerprints
#24 Elephants
African elephants have the longest pregnancy of any mammal — it lasts nearly two years.
#25 Rabbits
Rabbits have 360 degrees panoramic vision.
#26 Honeybees
Honeybees flap their wings 200 times every second.
#27 Butterflies
Butterflies taste with their feet.
#28 Cats
Cats can move their ears 180 degrees.
#29 Clownfish
Clownfish are born male - some of them change their gender later to enable mating.
#30 Dolphins
Dolphins have names for each other.
#31 Elephants
Elephants can smell water up to several miles away.
#32 Owls
A group of owls is called a parliament.
#33 Wombats
Wombats have cube-shaped poop.
#34 Cats
Cats can be allergic to humans
#35 Octopuses
Octopuses have three hearts.
#36 Polar bears
Polar bears have black skin.
#37 Elephants
Elephants have alarm call that means "humans!"
#38 Squirrels
Squirrels plant thousands of new trees each year, because they forget where they put their acorns.
#39 Horses
Horses teeth never stop growing.
#40 Anteaters
Anteaters eat about 35,000 ants a day.
#41 Spiders
Spiders can’t fly.
#42 Pigs
Pigs have 30 minute orgasms.
#43 Lions
Lions can mate over 50 times a day.
#44 Cats
Cats can't taste sweetness.
#45 Mice
Mice have more bones than humans.
#46 Turtles
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
#47 Snails
Snails can sleep for three years.
#48 Giraffes
Giraffes have no voice.
#49 Anteaters
Anteaters are devoid of teeth.
#50 Komodo dragons
Female komodo dragons don't need a male to reproduce.