A recent study found elephants console one another when they are upset with gentle touches and trunk strokes. Previously, only humans, great apes, and birds in the raven family were known to do this. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-elephants-console-one-another-when-times-get-tough-180949830/
Fun Animal Facts
Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
WTF Fun Fact – Cow Shoes
During the US prohibition era, moonshiners would wear cow shoes. The fancy footwear left hoofprints instead of footprints, helping distillers and smugglers evade police. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/cow-shoes-prohibition-1924/
WTF Fun Fact – What Do You Give A Queen On Her Birthday?
On the Queen of England’s birthday in 2015, she was given a gift of £5,000 worth of stud sperm by horse breeder Christina Patino. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/queen-elizabeths-91st-birthday-2017-the-weirdest-gifts-her-majesty-has-ever-received_uk_58f9d670e4b00fa7de131965?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMsMKqa7WZh2e1b4AvCjvBnlo8F8SXTxHOXbAZUQa-_0614wgdq5kmE5z_C3kI4ABDDRsfduqi_luDaTXslk4-k-I07Z2h1i4lP24Vl0LGNyVkqhMeWJlV7qTNSPvGlp_B1Y8Y3cChiW-j3AiE1nomHeyADhfld92f_pLXtuWqpV
WTF Fun Fact – Trash Cleanup Brings Olive Ridley Hatchlings
Volunteers spent 2 years cleaning up over 11,500,000 pounds of trash along Mumbai’s Versova beach in one of ‘the world’s largest beach clean-ups’, resulting in Olive Ridley turtles returning to lay eggs for the first time in 20 years. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/mumbai-beach-clean-up-turtles-2/
WTF Fun Fact – A Blessing Of Unicorns
A group of unicorns is called a blessing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://researchmaniacs.com/CollectiveNouns/Animals/What-is-a-group-of-Unicorns-called.html
WTF Fun Fact – Frida The Rescue Dog
A rescue dog in Mexico named Frida saved the lives of 12 people who were trapped under rubble due to earthquakes. She identified a total of 52 bodies during her career. Now retired, she is a national heroine in Mexico with a statue and all. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-earthquake-frida-dog-20170921-story.html
WTF Fun Fact – Nonemitic Rats
Rats are nonemetic, meaning they can’t vomit. It’s why rat poison is so effective. They also can’t burp and they don’t experience heartburn. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm
WTF Fun Fact – A Monkey Faced Orchid Named Dracula
There’s a species of orchid that looks like a monkey’s face called ‘Dracula Simia’. It is native to the tropical cloud forests of Southeastern Ecuador and Peru as it grows best in elevations above 2,000 feet. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_simia
WTF Fun Fact – How Did The Turtle Cross The Tracks?
Japan has installed special concrete tunnels under some of their train tracks to allow for turtles to cross the tracks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japanese-rail-workers-build-special-tunnels-to-save-turtles-from-train-deaths-a6757466.html