The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends avoiding drinking camel urine to prevent contracting Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) (who.int)
Animals
Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
WTF Fun Fact – Florida Water Snake Orgy
During the Florida water snake mating season, part of a park near Lake Hollingsworth was shut down for a snake orgy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Florida snake orgy: Authorities shut down park area because of annual snake mating season – CNN
WTF Fun Fact – Camel Mouth Foam
In ancient Africa, women drank the foam from a camel’s mouth as a means of birth control. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The 7 Weirdest Birth Control Methods Throughout History (yahoo.com)
WTF Fun Fact – African Giant Pouched Rats
In Mozambique, Africa, African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) have been trained to smell Tuberculosis and land mines.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Giant Rats Trained to Sniff Out Tuberculosis in Africa | National Geographic Society
WTF Fun Fact – Lifesaving Pig Lulu
In 1997, a pot-bellied pig named Lulu saved her owner who was having a heart attack. Hearing her owner in distress, Lulu forced her way out of the yard and played dead on the road. Lulu successfully stopped a car and guided them to her owner, who survived.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Lulu – The Pig That ‘Played Dead’ To Save Her Dying Owner. – Vault50
WTF Fun Fact – Kelly The Dolphin
A dolphin named Kelly received fish for bringing her trainers litter/dead gulls to help clean her pool. She started hiding fish under a rock in her pool, then used fish to lure gulls which she traded for more fish. She taught her calf the strategy, who then taught more calves. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why dolphins are deep thinkers | Animal behaviour | The Guardian
WTF Fun Fact – Old Huts Built From Mammoth Bones
In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings date back roughly 15,000 years. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Antarctic Sun Starfish
The Antarctic Sun starfish, Labidiaster annulatus, is a two-foot wide sea star found in the waters around Antarctica. It starts out with five rays but can add over 40 arms in between as it grows. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Absurd Creature of the Week: The Two-Foot-Wide Sea Star That’s Basically a Bear Trap | WIRED
WTF Fun Fact – Dazzle
A group of zebras is called a “dazzle.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘A Dazzle of Zebras’ and Other Collective Nouns for the Animals You’ll See on Safari (nathab.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Monkey Buffet Festival
In Lopburi, Thailand, on the last Sunday of November, the annual Monkey Buffet Festival is held which provides food and drink to more than 2000 local monkeys, thanking them for drawing tourists to the town.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: Monkey Buffet Festival – Gastro Obscura (atlasobscura.com)
WTF Fun Fact – What Makes An Ostrich Unique?
Ostriches are pretty unique birds: they have three stomachs, are the only birds with two toes on each foot, and they are also the only ones who secrete their urine separately from their feces.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://bonamy.co.uk/posts/animal-facts-the-ostrich
WTF Fun Fact – Chew Chew Chew
Dairy cows spend almost 8 hours a day chewing their cuds for a total of roughly 30,000 chews daily. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://afs.ca.uky.edu/content/why-do-cattle-chew-their-cud
WTF Fun Fact – Pikachu Sea Slug
Thecacera pacifica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk. It is sometimes nicknamed Pikachu nudibranch due to its resemblance to the Pokémon character. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Galapagos Tortoise Incredible Metabolism
The Galápagos Tortoise spends roughly 16 hours a day napping and a very slow metabolism and large internal stores of water means they can survive for up to a year without eating or drinking. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/g/galapagos-tortoise/
WTF Fun Fact – Goldfish See More Colors
Goldfish can see more colors than we can. Human eyes can see only three primary colors: red, blue and green. All other colors are mixtures of these. A goldfish, however, can see four, making it a tetrachromate. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bats Regurgitate Food For Each Other
If a female vampire bat is hungry, another female will regurgitate blood from their last meal as a “food donation” and then they will groom each other. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.popsci.com/vampire-bats-friendly-blood-sucking-monsters/
WTF Fun Fact – Sneaky Squirrels
Researchers found that California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew up rattlesnake skin and smear it on their fur to mask their scent from predators. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Devilish Cunning Leopard
The Devilish Cunning Panther was a man-eating male Indian leopard which killed over 150 people, all women and children, in the Central Provinces of British India in the early 20th century. He would kill every couple days and sometimes travel 20-30 miles before the next attack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_of_the_Central_Provinces