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
45 Bits of Trivia About Animals That’ll Make You Want to Fashion A Loincloth and Join Tarzan in the Jungle
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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.

The Greater Honeyguide

There's a species of bird in Africa that can sort of understand human communication. Hunters use the Greater Honeyguide to find bee hives, and they tell the bird to start hunting with a brrr-hm sound. CRACKED.COM

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Basset Hounds

In 2014, a basset hound named Yo Yo was allowed to stay on campus at Cambridge University despite the rules. CRACKED.COM After meeting with the college council, the dog owner was told Yo Yo would classify as a very large cat.

BBC

The Paramonovius Nightking

The Paramonovius nightking is a bee fly that's characteristically similar to a certain villain from Game of Thrones. Like the Night King, the insect o

African Crested Rats

45 Bits of Trivia About Animals That’ll Make You Want to Fashion A Loincloth and Join Tarzan in the Jungle
Source: BBC

Swallowing a Bee

Ontario Premier Doug Ford swallowed a bee while giving a speech. CRACKED.COM Ford experience visible discomfort as the insect flew into his mouth. Some- one from the audience asked if he was all right to continue, to which Ford re- sponded: I'm OK. It's buzzing in there.

CBC

Bowerbirds

NATURE'S DATING TIPS CRACKED.COM LIE ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT Male bowerbirds spent 80% of their day building structures to impress their mate. They arrange bones, shells, and stones by size to create an optical illusion. When the female bird views in the male in his dome, this forced perspective makes him appears larger.

Source: Nature

Meerkats

Meerkats are the most murderous mammal THE LION KING CRACKED.COM Ever wonder why Timon had to befriend a warthog? He might have killed all the friends of his own species. 20% of dead meerkats were killed by another meerkat.

Source: NPR

Bees

Bazz the bee -saving Labrador is sniffing out diseases. That's Bazz the Australian apiary dog, and he's saving bees, yes he is! Aussie beekeeper Josh

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