Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
The male Banggai cardinalfish fertilizes the females clutch of eggs and then immediately sucks them into his mouth where he stores them for a month. Scientists believe they don’t eat while doing so except for some of the eggs either accidentally or by “design”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.seattleaquarium.org/blog/creature-feature-male-mouth-brooding-banggai-cardinalfish
On May 19, 1996, Kermit the Frog gave the commencement speech at Southampton College, Long Island University. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:Southampton College News: Kermit’s Commencement Address at Southampton College (archive.org)
Fidel Castro was obsessed with a hybrid Holstein cow named Ubre Blanca (“White Udder”) due to her prolific milk-producing abilities. In 1982, the Guinness Book of World Records certified her as the world’s highest-producing dairy cow, providing over 24 gallons in a single day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The History of Cuba’s Ongoing Obsession with Ice Cream (vice.com)
In 2015, a National Geographic expedition found sharks living inside one of the most active underwater volcanoes on Earth, a place where scientists think nothing but bacteria should be capable of living. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: These Sharks Thrive Inside an Underwater Volcano (nationalgeographic.com)
The Notaden Nichollsi, or “Desert Spadefoot Toad,” spends half of the year underground encased in a cocoon of their own skin during the dry season. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Notaden nichollsi (Desert Spadefoot Toad) — species details | FrogWatch SA
An 8-yr-old UK boy found a “rock” on the beach which turned out to be ambergris (sperm whale excrement). Perfumeries like Chanel prize ambergris for its ability to fix scent to skin; the blob of ambergris was worth ~$63K. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: What’s Ambergris? Behind the $60k Whale-Waste Find (nationalgeographic.com)
In 2017, an Indonesian court blamed an increase in divorce filings on pigeon racing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pigeon racing blamed for Indonesian divorces – BBC News
Bamboo sharks open their mouths widely and quickly and generate suction to slurp up prey. They then shrug their shoulders in order to generate additional suction in order to swallow their food into the digestive tract. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Watch how this shark shrugs its shoulders to eat – Futurity
The African lungfish can survive up to 5 years without food or water through a process known as estivation. It has existed for ~400 million years. Their gills have evolved to obtain oxygen from the air as well as water. During estivation they get nutrients by digest its muscle tissue. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Which Animals Can Live Without Water For Years? – WorldAtlas
“Autothysis” (or suicidal altruism) is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. Some species of termites and ants use this process to defend their colonies.– WTF Fun Facts
A sperm whales head contains two large oil-filled compartments, known as the “spermaceti organ” and “junk,” that constitute up to 1/4th its body mass and extend 1/3rd the total length of the whale. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat (nih.gov)
Acacias, a tree whose leaves giraffes feed on, release an airborne chemical called ethylene when eaten. Ethylene alerts nearby acacia trees to produce tannin, a toxin that makes the leaves poisonous. Giraffes avoid this by first eating trees downwind from others. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tanzania-experience.com/blog/acacias-clever-species-of-trees/
Over 10% of shark species (57 out of 540) known are thought to be capable of producing bioluminescence (and essentially glow in the dark). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ecowatch.com/glow-in-the-dark-shark-2650898314.html
Polar bears have been observed swimming continuously for several hours and covering well over 60 miles without stopping. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/polar-bear/adaptations/
In 2008, a Macedonian beekeeper sued a bear for stealing honey after attempting to keep the bear away from the beehives by blasting Serbian turbo-folk music. The bear was found guilty, and the beekeeper received 2,200 euro from the state for the damages. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Bear convicted for theft of honey
The Humr people of Sudan consume Umm Nyolokh, a drink made from the liver and bone marrow of giraffes which is believed to contain traces of the psychodelic drug DMT . The Humr people tell of hallucinations of giraffes after drinking Umm Nyolokh. – WTF Fun Facts
Female Greenland sharks are believed to reach sexual maturity when they surpass the 13 ft. in length, which takes approximately 150 years to achieve. – WTF Fun Facts
The World Mosquito Project cultivates and releases mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia which is passed down to future generations. The bacterium appears to block mosquitos from transmitting arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya & yellow fever) & Zika. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Infecting Mosquitoes With A Bacteria Could Help In The Battle Against Dengue : Goats and Soda : NPR