45 Bits of Trivia About Animals That’ll Make You Want to Fashion A Loincloth and Join Tarzan in the Jungle
Just don’t expect all of these to be so cute and cuddly
We wanted to round up the widest variety of random animal facts to properly represent every realm of the animal kingdom, but there’s just too much to cover. Evolution really had its way with these furry, slimy, scaly, feathery, exoskeleton-y creatures. Here’s a good chunk of randomness to get you started, and we’ll get back on the hunt for more.
Just to be clear, it’s a hunt for animal facts. No weaponry will be involved whatsoever.
Trained Rats
Amur Tigers
Prairie Dogs
Jack the Baboon
Dik-Diks
Source: mentalfloss
Snakes
Dog Fleas
Source: National Library of Medicine
The Greater Honeyguide
Basset Hounds
Cats Who Lunch
Monitor Lizards
Animal Clones
Source: Interesting Engineering
Allergies
The Water Boatman
The Paramonovius Nightking
African Crested Rats
Polar Bears
The Blobfish
Swans
Vervet Monkeys
Sea Lions
Hens
Swallowing a Bee
Hissing Cats
Source: 25 Pet Behaviors That Mean The Opposite of What You Think
Bowerbirds
Source: Nature
Spiders
Source: Phys.org
Tigers
Cat Genomes
Source: EurekAlert
Dolphins
African Spiny Mice
Crows
Lizards
Guinea Pigs
Birds
Squirrels
Insects
Meerkats
Source: NPR
Cats
Fleas
Bears
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Laika
Black Herons
Source: Audubon