49 Awesome Facts About Animals You Probably Didn’t Know, As Shared On “Awwducational” (New Pics)

The moth's buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resemble freshly-snapped wood.

Found only on Japan's southern Island of Iriomote — with its current population estimated to be around 100 individuals.

Pollen sticks to their bodies as they fly between trees, pollinating their flowers. This reinforces the forest's health, which in turn provides valuable timber, honey, carbon sinks, stable river systems, & tourism opportunities.

It is also known as the Simian fox, due to the red fur. It feeds almost exclusively on rodents in the highlands of Ethiopia, to which it is native.

Nocturnal or Crepuscular (active dawn/dusk). They're the Smallest hoofed animals in the world. Considered to be living fossils as they're mostly unchanged today.

However, once past its first year, life expectancy increases. One robin has been recorded as reaching 19 years of age.

Starting in the mid-1950s, more than 5% of the genetic markers in Scottish wildcats began to resemble those of domestic cats. After 1997, that figure jumped to as high as 74%.

A sharp sound like that of a hammer striking an anvil or a bell, and It might takes a long time for young males to learn & perfect the call.

It’s the only member of the dog family that hibernates, able to put on 50% of its body weight in fat reserves as winter approaches, before snuggling down in its den, often with its partner.

This very acute sense of hearing allows barn owls to capture prey hidden by vegetation or snow. Barn owls also have excellent low-light vision

Thought to be extinct for 150 years, it was rediscovered in 2018.

But after decades of conservation, a small population were reintroduced into the wild, and new ones have been born in the wild recently!

Which means that the fertilized eggs remain "dormant" for 6 months before implanting in the uterus; the embryos then rapidly gestate, and the kits are born about 27 days later, weighing just 28g (1oz) each.

Their signature markings, or "points", begin to grow as they age, with their fur darkening in areas that are most susceptible to cooler temperatures. This is why their fur is usually darkest on their faces, ears, tails, and limbs!

Despite the name, they and other stink badgers are not true badgers, and are instead the closest living relatives of the skunk.

In the wild, pandas have no natural predators as adults and their breeding success rate is similar to some American black bear populations.

Believed extinct for over a century, one appeared suddenly at the front door of an ecolodge in a Colombian nature preserve, where researchers took pictures of it for two hours. Afterwards, it left and was never seen again.

It looks and acts like a worm — some 13 cm (5 in) long and subterranean — but it's one of the world's smallest snake species.

This means that a female cat can have a different color gene on each of her X chromosomes, with one for "red" (orange) and one for "black" (not orange.) Male cats need an extra chromosome to be calicos.

Females target males in 85% of their coalitions, and they occupy higher ranks compared to males when they form more frequent coalitions.

It lives in the rivers of northern Australia and southern New Guinea, using its pig-like nose to "snorkel" without exposing the rest of its body.

A great defense against the snakes and ocelots that share its wet rainforest habitat. Additionally, if all else fails, this rat can drop its tail to confuse or distract a predator.

Greenland sled dogs don’t share much DNA with wolves, despite a reputation for having been interbred.

Unique features of their species not found in other canids include females being one third larger than males and both genders not reaching sexual maturity until 3 years old.

At night, they roost communally, perching close together and occasionally hanging upside down or lying on their backs, feet in the air.

Using flower petals and foliage from the plants that it feeds upon, "gluing" the pieces onto its body with silk; when the caterpillar moves to a new host plant, it adjusts the disguise to match its new surroundings.

They live as semi-arboreal omnivores in forests ranging from The Southern Yucatan to Northern Argentina & are also well known for their intelligence, having been seen ripping unripe bananas from trees to save for later.

They play an important ecological role in the cloud forests, helping disseminate the seeds of at least 32 tree species.

Each female mates with multiple males and, in a single season, lays up to 10 clutches that are raised by different males in her harem.

Blue Banded Bees perform a special type of pollination called 'buzz pollination'. Blue Banded Bees can grasp a flower and shiver her flight muscles, causing the pollen to shoot out of the pollen capsule. She can then collect the pollen for her nest and carry it from flower to flower, pollinating them as she goes.

This species of crab has a strikingly colorful, fuzzy-looking appearance, and it feeds on various bits of detritus that are collected in its own "fur."

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