Animal Facts

[Calfredd]

Huh, I thought it was octopodes, since octopus has a Greek root.

Always thought it was octopi.

[Faroth]

Not only that but females only have one working ovary. Take that intelligent design!!!

The intelligent design explanation of the platypus is
A) There were parts left over
B) The Creator has a sense of humor



My animal fact to contribute... foxes are able to hear mice under multiple feet of snow. They leap into the air and dive head first into the snow to catch it. If they are facing north, they've been found to have a higher probability of hitting the mark and catching dinner than they do when they face other directions.

[Maxilian]

There's a parasitic fungus that is essential to the ecosystem as it only spreads and develops when insects hit a population target.

It does this:

I love it, mainly cause that was the inspiration of one of my favorite games:



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The first is a myth. Otherwise duck calls wouldn't work...

Their own, not the others ducks

I think that's what he meant

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Enchiladas do not actually have spikes on their hands.

I actually though the spikes were part of his guantles!!

[Wildtree]

a male pig's orgasm lasts about 6 minutes and they can multi-orgasm for up to 26 minutes total.

FFS..... I wanna be a pig.

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the intellectual capacity of a dog is equal to a human of the age of 2.5 - 3.5 yrs (depending on the dog breed).

[Taurenburger]

It's not really an animal, but in rats, infection of Toxoplasma gondii causes them to be attracted to cat urine. This increases the chance of the parasite to infect its real host: the cat.

That same parasite can also infect humans and infection with it has been shown to induce reckless behaviour in some humans too.

[Independent voter]

America's marsupial. Can't get plague or rabies.

[Breccia]

First: There are some armadillos that only give birth to identical quadruplets.

Second: Octopi.

"Which part?"

All of it. Everything about the octopus is fascinating.

[Bakis]

Female squirrel monkeys have a pseudo-penis that they use to display dominance over smaller monkeys, in much the same way that the male squirrel monkeys display their dominance.

Squirrel monkey aka Death Head Monkey penis fencing

[GennGreymane]

Bats are not supposed to be sexy.... Sega wtf is wrong with your game designers.

[noidentity]

Goats can be terrifying.

[Morae]

There was this invertebrate sea creature. Can't remember its name, but it is immortal... as in it gets badly hurt or too old and it can cause its cells to "reverse". It returns into the form as, if it was just born and then starts growing again. :I

I think this is actually true, but since I can't remember its name I can't go verify this, but I have heard of this from more than one source.

[Gib Lover]

There was this invertebrate sea creature. Can't remember its name, but it is immortal... as in it gets badly hurt or too old and it can cause its cells to "reverse". It returns into the form as, if it was just born and then starts growing again. :I

I think this is actually true, but since I can't remember its name I can't go verify this, but I have heard of this from more than one source.

Found it, Turritopsis dohrnii

[Calfredd]

There was this invertebrate sea creature. Can't remember its name, but it is immortal... as in it gets badly hurt or too old and it can cause its cells to "reverse". It returns into the form as, if it was just born and then starts growing again. :I

I think this is actually true, but since I can't remember its name I can't go verify this, but I have heard of this from more than one source.

Turritopsis dohrnii- The Immortal Jellyfish.

Just slightly too slow.

[Elim Garak]

Humans think that they are the pinnacle of evolution

[Dug]

The reason roaches (and other insects that don't like light) sometimes run at you when you want to squish them is they're trying to run into the shadows cast by your foot/body

[derpkitteh]

http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/38/3815/RSQIF00Z/posters/gary-randall-opossum-showing-its-teeth-didelphis-marsupialis-usa.jpg[/IMG]

America's marsupial. Can't get plague or rabies.

[IMG]http://www.nwf.org/~/media/Content/NWM/Animals/Mammals/opossum-mom-babies-Stan-Tekiela-570x375.ashx

see that thing mom's doing with her mouth there? that's a threat sign, she's trying to keep the cameraman away.

but like, they can catch rabies, it's just very unlikely due to their low body temp.

[Ergar]

Male felines have tiny spikes on their penises that are made of keratine. During mating the spikes scrape the "walls" of the female to increase ovulation.

I have no idea why, but i always found that interesting.

[Lothaeryn]

Humans think that they are the pinnacle of evolution

meh, that's more of a western ideology than a universal one.

[Steve French]

Shrikes are known for their habit of catching insects and small vertebrates and impaling their bodies on thorns, the spikes on barbed-wire fences or any available sharp point. This helps them to tear the flesh into smaller, more conveniently-sized fragments, and serves as a cache so that the shrike can return to the uneaten portions at a later time.

[Felicia]

Bottlenose dolphins have been known to use tools to find food, and are the only other mammal to interact with one another based on the way they use tools. Sponges, in this case. They're essentially forming cliques.

https://www.georgetown.edu/news/dolp...anet-mann.html