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Did you know that shark pregnancies can last 3 years, giraffes only sleep for 2 hours, and pigs can’t see the sky?
I’ve been illustrating these adorably sad facts and sharing them online for less than 2 months, and so far 6,500 people on Instagram have learned and laughed, and gotten slightly depressed.
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DwiPurwanti 10 years ago
They can't jump for a reason I guess *shrug* Imagine if elephants are able to jump or act like a dog. We're doomed.
samanthaiza 10 years ago
that was an baby you know! haha and it was funny
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JudiMorgan-Fuller 10 years ago
This I know to be true and they pass the knowledge to the next generation as well.
MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye) 10 years ago
This could present a problem for me. I havent been very nice to crows. They leave animal parts in my backyard!
GypsyRuiz 10 years ago
Ravens are not crows... Crows won't remember s@#* about your face. Now you all know.
AnuAna 10 years ago
They do remember, I had a pet crow when I was really small. And he would remember my cousin when he visits. My brother did not visit often, but he remembered.. And I'm pretty sure it was not a raven ;)
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IamaMaughanster 10 years ago
most equine will not sleep without another equine present to watch out for them.
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LémaRinier 10 years ago
It takes more teeth and less brain to leech the world like humans do.
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Liz Miller 9 years ago
So does the government. Unfortunately there are 150 people in the government...
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Marie-CharlottePopp 10 years ago
She won't actually die. They just stay in heat and it can lead to some health complications.
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MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye) 10 years ago
Dogfish have the longest known gestation period of any shark, at 18 to 24 months. Basking sharks and frilled sharks appear to have even longer gestation periods, but accurate data are lacking.
AngelAsphyxiation 10 years ago
Hate to burst your bubble... but 2 years vs 4 the shark has it beat.
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KimberlyMcGuirk-Klinetobe 10 years ago
This is false. I've seen my own dogs react to things on a T.V. screen. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150111-animals-dogs-television-pets-science-tv-behavior/
larab3094 10 years ago
I'm sure my dog can see TV. He would launch off the couch and run up barking when another dog would appear (volume or none!).
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DanielBanks 10 years ago
My dog can, he actually barks everytime a dog (or horse) comes on the screen.
RolfHawkins 10 years ago
Dogs can see television. It's a sad myth to perpetuate that they can't.
PandaBrewr 10 years ago
Dogs cannot see in the color spectrum humans can, so they can see TV just not the way we do.
JuliaSuliin 10 years ago
This is truly false. Hasn't anyone watch Too Cute on the Animal Planet lately? Even my cats watch TV. They love watching Jack Hanna.
CupcakeQueen 9 years ago
Why shouldn't dogs be able to see TV? My dog will bark and jump around if she sees another dog on the screen!
OmPodvinšek 10 years ago
That is false. I've seen if a dog appears on tv my dog barks and gets behind the tv when they dissapeare
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RJazz909 10 years ago
Awwwhhhh....poor beez...Everyone if you see a bee just stay out of its way and let it do its thing....they work most of there lives and people are saying there population is decreasing. So next time if you're about to kill a bee, just think...if you kill that bee its just one step closer for death to bees, and fresh tasty honey....
VirginiaSu 10 years ago
There was a whole movie on this. It's called the Bee Movie. The bees stopped humans from just getting honey for free, but then that stuffed up nature's course. So it's a good thing we take their honey
samanthaiza 10 years ago
i watched it too, and it was boring but it gives you reasons dont kill bees
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GypsyRuiz 10 years ago
You do not pass Go. You do not collect $200... and may God have mercy on your soul.
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MalindaLievano 10 years ago
An exception is the foxes who live in Duluth, Minnesota. Just ask my cat.
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BerndPaysan 10 years ago
They all return to the beach they were born at about the same time, and they live long, so it's likely that they will meet their moms there. Though they won't know it.
MelanieLinehan 10 years ago
Michelle G. Why aren't you here to debunk this one? Common Michelle, pleasetell me this one isn't true.
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konkydong212 10 years ago
They don't sleep lol. They rest. They sit still and recover energy. Not sleep.
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ThomasHutson 10 years ago
Fire ant queens sleep 8 hour periods every day and live for years. Their workers take about a hundred, few min, naps a day so enough are always awake to protect the colony, but usually only live a few months.
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MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye) 10 years ago
American periodical cicadas aren’t sleeping the entire 17 years they’re underground. Much of the time they’re digging tunnels and building feeding cells, tapping into roots and feeding, vying with other cicadas for space along a crowded root system, growing (they experience four phases or instars while underground), avoiding unfavorable conditions like flooding, and possibly actively avoiding predators like moles and voles. Yes, cicadas can sleep — or at least the insect version of sleep called torpor — but they are definitely not asleep for 17 years.
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IrisBerry 10 years ago
actually whales are closely related to hippos due to the fact they evovled form the same animal
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Order: Carnivora Family: Ailuridae Genus and Species: Ailurus fulgens
Lily Entwistle 6 years ago
how is it related to walruses????! it makes me sad...… But! it might be related to racoon and the giant panda! now I'm happy
EricBarker 10 years ago
false! Their genealogy has been identified, they're an offshoot of the Mustiloidae superfamily along with raccoons, weezels and skunks (all of these are families). Giant pandas have been identified as bears, so no relation. Walruses? I don't think that was even in the cards.
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MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye) 10 years ago
The sleep behaviour of giraffes was looked at in detail by Tobler & Schwierin (1996) who showed that giraffes slept both while standing and while recumbent for a total of 4.6 hours per 24 hours.
Harley-DeeFrance 10 years ago
Stop correcting everything you whining fat c**t!
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Lily Entwistle 6 years ago
SCARY!!! HELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! THAT IS 1 SAD 2 CREEPY AND 3 GROSS!
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saman.y 10 years ago
hello man i guess it's not right to talk about how someone look and make fun them BTW am sorry if i offend you or anything forgive me please god bless cya :d
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RadkaJohns 10 years ago
So that's what happens to me when I feel like crying for no reason. Too much salt! :p
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RJazz909 10 years ago
Wait....so when they land on me...THEIR TASTING ME?!?!? Double wait....if they accidentally step in poo....that means...EWWWWW!!!!
Lily Entwistle 6 years ago
NEVER GOING TO TOUCH ONE AGAIN! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIT IF THEY STEP INTO A BIG POO THEN.... * almost baffs*
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AvinashPakala 10 years ago
That's why it got fooled by Monkey when Monkey said it left it's brain on the tree(if you know monkey-crocodile story)
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KleoKatalin 10 years ago
depends how you look at it: it must be a really nice day :)
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wait what if its born in sunset?!?! but that is super duper depressing.....
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MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye) 10 years ago
They nest in tree holes where they often sleep together in curled up positions. Their territories are marked by fecal and scent markings. Their diet consists primarily of fruits and flowers and they seem to play a part in the pollination of certain plants
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SusannaVesna 10 years ago
But wait! Worms are double-gendered or hermaphrodites! They got female AND male organs! So they love themselves basically! :D
Cris Castro 8 years ago
And no bones. Also if you cut it in half it both parts will grow another end.
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NickMan 10 years ago
actually only a bunch of animals are capable of recognizing themselves in the mirror or anywhere else
Julia Lee 9 years ago
As of 2016, birds, dolphins, elephants and great apes (including humans) have the capacity to recognize themselves in mirrors.
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KimberlyMcGuirk-Klinetobe 10 years ago
Also false. Puma, cougars, and mountain lions are the same animal but Jaguars are a completely different animal. Who came up with these "facts"?
JadeFerra 10 years ago
Yeah seriously, Jaguars and pumas are incredibly different, I don't know how you could mix the two up XD
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HanaKeindlová 10 years ago
Indeed, Kimberly. Just look at their latin names. Panthera onca - Jaguar vs. Puma concolor - Cougar. Definitely the same, right? ;) Make me doubt these "facts", except few which I already knew.
ShirinSheppard 10 years ago
Leopards and panthers are the same (panthers are leopards with a mutation which makes their fur black) but jaguars are a different animal (although this black fur mutation can also exist in jaguars). Leopards are found in Africa and Asia, Jaguars in the Americas. In terms of this picture, pumas, cougars and mountain lions are all the same but jaguars are certaintly a different animal entirely as many people have pointed out.
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HildaOhiro 10 years ago
If I were to sleep for 17 years I would wake up in my mid thirties. That is sad. ):
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DesireeLoewens 9 years ago
So cute! Although most of these don't have irrefutable evidence to prove wether or not there 100% accurate it still super
Barbara Meyer 8 years ago
Dogs do see TV. Especially animals. Some don't particularly care though.
MollyProulx-Hoisington 9 years ago
Some of these are just plain WRONG.....ESPECIALLY dogs and T.V.......snopes.com it! But super cute illustrations!
MartinaVeselá 10 years ago
Seriously. No post about animals is complete without cats!
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HildaOhiro 10 years ago
If I were to sleep for 17 years I would wake up in my mid thirties. That is sad. ):
Load More Replies... DesireeLoewens 9 years ago
So cute! Although most of these don't have irrefutable evidence to prove wether or not there 100% accurate it still super
Barbara Meyer 8 years ago
Dogs do see TV. Especially animals. Some don't particularly care though.
MollyProulx-Hoisington 9 years ago
Some of these are just plain WRONG.....ESPECIALLY dogs and T.V.......snopes.com it! But super cute illustrations!
MartinaVeselá 10 years ago
Seriously. No post about animals is complete without cats!
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