Nature is already quite majestic, but did you know, that wombats have almost perfectly cube-shaped poop? Or that kiwis are practically blind and forage mainly by smell? And, believe it or not, axolotls can regrow lost limbs and even grow new ones! Nature is just full of surprises and weird animal facts.
Bored Panda has chosen a few of the more unexpected animal facts, with which you can definitely blow your colleagues' minds. Just be sure to remember at least one of them in the time of need. And if you thought that human life is rather complex, then after checking these illustrations and animal trivia compiled by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland in a series called Nature is Magic, you might just think otherwise.
Don't forget to check their website called ChaosLife for more fun facts about animals!
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Panda Fact
Weird Wombat Fact
Facts About Ocean
Chicken Facts
This, I know, having had chickens for years. They even look sort of dino-ish up close.
Vampire Butterflies
How does that work? You take the butterfly on a binge weekend and ask it to choose between flower juice and blood?
Platypus Fact
Eagle Fact
Starling Facts
City dwelling birds can be really good at imitating sounds, I got fooled by a magpie into believing that there was a kitten stuck on a tree. And it happened to some of my friends as well.
Hippo Facts
Turkey Facts
Axolotl Facts
Bug Facts
Squid Facts
Squid Size Facts
Slow Loris Facts
Deep Ocean Facts
Now that is rebellious. nature wants it to swim, it just doesn't give a fu**.
Hagfish Facts
Sloth Facts
Emu Facts
Giraffe Facts
Kiwi Facts
And the wingspan once they stretch out their wings is smaller than any other bird species if they're an inch long I would be surprised
Fish Facts
Flamingo Facts
wait wait wait...you mean to tell that there are people that think they are just some lawn decoration and not a real bird?
Parasite Facts
I've seen a picture of this and I don't wanna see anymore.. Too much disgusting, for me at least.
Worm Facts
Best Google search of the day unlike the last when I decided to Google which gave me nightmares for the rest of my life
Horse Facts
It's called cribbing (or crib biting) involves a horse grasping a solid object such as the stall door or fence rail with its incisor teeth, then arching its neck, and contracting the lower neck muscles to retract the larynx
Maggot Facts
Well, much food colouring and flavours comes from grinded lice, fungi, and microorganisms.
Shouldn't it be ' ground ' ? Or am I wrong ? Maybe I'm just too sleepy
Load More Replies...Everybody so grossed out by eating bugs. lobsters crabs shrimp in any other underwater crustacean is by definition a bug. I guess eating bugs is okay if you're spending $15 a pound on them
And I wondered why people eat those crustaceans. I have zero interest. Just like in eating bugs.
Load More Replies...Cochineal bugs are dried and ground up to give red coloring to many common products including makeup, candy, and up until a few years ago, that one coffee company's strawberry frappé
Our cactus were infested with cochineal a few years ago, I collected a bunch of cochineal for my fiber artist friends- it is a highly prized natural dy
Another fun fact: Most strawberry, raspberry, and vanilla flavoring in candy is made from a beaver's a**l gland!!
The long and short of it is, you really don't want to know exactly what is in your food.
Its also named as "carmine". Mostly found in red lipsticks, strawberry flavoured yogurt and/or probably any food with pink/red color. Better check the ingredients before buying :)
Load More Replies...I'd rather just use natural mushrooms. Portobello mushrooms are my favorite.
Bird Facts
I've seen seagulls sunbathe on one leg I've seen crows sunbathe on one leg think it's just a bird thing
Birds And Gravity
Worm Facts
I like how it went from interesting science to random comments lol
If you weren't thought at least 30% of that at school I have bad news for you...
Dear Mother Nature, I applaud you! You have one hell of an imagination!
The "facts" for the bigfin squid and for the flamingo are funny, but the entry for the christmas tree worm was barely even phoned in...
I looked at this tab 2 days after it was created and absolutely no comments then I look today COMMENTS GALORE
This gave me a smile and i got phobias at the same time. Good times
One other fact - rats can't vomit. It's why they're easy to kill with poison.
neither can horses which is why windsucking/cribbing is bad
Load More Replies...Goes to show , nature is wondrous and freaky. But then, so are humans too. Still interesting.
I like how it went from interesting science to random comments lol
If you weren't thought at least 30% of that at school I have bad news for you...
Dear Mother Nature, I applaud you! You have one hell of an imagination!
The "facts" for the bigfin squid and for the flamingo are funny, but the entry for the christmas tree worm was barely even phoned in...
I looked at this tab 2 days after it was created and absolutely no comments then I look today COMMENTS GALORE
This gave me a smile and i got phobias at the same time. Good times
One other fact - rats can't vomit. It's why they're easy to kill with poison.
neither can horses which is why windsucking/cribbing is bad
Load More Replies...Goes to show , nature is wondrous and freaky. But then, so are humans too. Still interesting.