15 Animal Facts That Are Too Wild To Tame
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The monster swarms have gotten worse over the last year. The government doesn't even know about them, but I'm pretty sure they're coming from another dimension or something, because they're so big and fast.
There was one swarm that got into a town, and they were just eating people alive. I saw it on the news, and then the military started dropping bombs on it to stop them. But it wasn't enough. So we had to do it ourselves. We had to go out there and get eaten by these creatures, so that the military could come save us. We had to die for their freedom.
I've been trying to find a way to kill these monsters for months now, and I finally came across this book. My heart leapt when I saw it -- finally, something that could give us the edge we need in fighting the monster swarms. But, even though, the title said it was about fighting monsters, when I opened it, there was a list of fifteen facts repeated over and over. It went ...
Cockroaches can be used to relieve pain from a wound.
![Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the paín. CRACKED.COM However, collecting and uncontrolled uses of therapeutic inverte- brates can put undue pressure on certain highly sought after species.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/3/846863.jpg)
Gators use rocks in their belly to stay under the water.
![Alligators swallow stones to help them dive deeper and stay underwater longer. CRACKED COM Ingesting stones equal to just 2.5 percent of the alligators' body weight increased the animals' dive time by an average of 88 percent, extending it up to 35 minutes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/2/846862.jpg)
A greyhound racing stadium featured cheetahs in the ‘30s.
![Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937. CRACKED.COM The big cats were brought to Enlgand and given a year to acclimate and train. If the mechanical hare was released too early, the cheetahs would catch it with ease before the first turn.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/1/846861.jpg)
Whale calves put on 10lbs an hour.
![Baby whales grow at an average rate of 10lbs per hour. CRACKED.COM A nursing blue whale mother produces over 50 gallons of milk a day. The milk is about 35 to 50 percent milk fat, which al- lows the calf to gain over 250 pounds a day.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/8/846858.jpg)
Birds cannot get guac on the side.
![Avocados are poisonous to birds. CRACKED COM Small amounts of avo- cado have little effect on cats and dogs, but even a small amount fed to birds can be fa- tal thanks to a toxic called persin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/9/846859.jpg)
Ostriches have bigger eyes than brains.
![An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. CRACKED.COM This does not make them stupid, however - it is not a case of an undersized brain but rather of oversized eyes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/0/846860.jpg)
The rock hyrax is related to the elephant.
![The closest living relative to the elephant is a rabbit-like animal. CRACKED COM Rock hyraxes are small, stub-tailed, rabbit-like ani- mals native to Africa. Though rock hyraxes resem- ble rodents, their closest liv- ing relatives are actually el- ephants and manatees.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/7/846857.jpg)
Eagles can make a meal out of animals as big as deer.
![An eagle can attack, kill, and carry away an animal as large as a small deer. CRACKED.COM Only a fully grown ea- gle can, as its toes and legs are strong enough to firmly hold and bear the weight of the heavy prey.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/5/846855.jpg)
One bird stayed up in the air for 200 days straight.
![The longest recorded uninterrupted flight by a bird is more than 200 days. CRACKED.COM One Alpine Swift spent 6.5 months in the air as it hunted flying insects on its wintering range over West Africa. Com- mon Swifts spend most of their time in the air, landing briefly for just a few hours at a time.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/3/846853.jpg)
Clams can decide which mate will be the male and which will be the female.
![When two hermaphrodite clams mate, they can choose who will take on the male or female role. GRACKED.COM Male clams produce sperm and release it into the water, which gets drawn into the fe- male bivalve through her siphons, and fertil- ization occurs.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/6/846856.jpg)
Bonobo apes are all bisexual, and they love it.
![All bonobo apes are bísexual. CRACKED.COM Bonobos live in fe- male-oriented tribes in the Democratic Re- public of Congo, usu- ally characterized by a lack of aggression and conflict.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/4/846854.jpg)
Woodpeckers peck nearly faster than a typical camera can record.
![A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second. CRACKED.COM They can usually peck about 10,000 to 12,000 pecks per day, consuming insects and sap from with- in trees. They also drum on objects to communicate instead of singing.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/2/846852.jpg)
Tuna can swim 100 miles in a day.
![A tuna fish can swim 100 miles in a single day. CRACKED.COM Some tuna are born in the Gulf of Mexico, and travel across the entire Atlantic Ocean to feed off the coast of Europe, and then swim all the way back to the Gulf to breed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/1/846851.jpg)
Snails can hibernate for three years when the weather isn’t cooperating.
![A snail can sleep for three years during hibernation or estivation (summer sleep). CRACKED.COM They do this when weather conditions are poor and it's better to just nap through it un- der a blanket of secret- ed mucus.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/0/846850.jpg)
The kangaroo rat can go 10 years without water.
![The kangaroo rat can survive without water for 10 years, almost its entire lifespan. GRACKED.COM It has many adaptations that let it survive in the desert, such as having fur-lined inner cheeks to retain moisture, special- ized kidneys, and a unique nasal passage to avoid moisture loss.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/9/846849.jpg)