Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
Pacu fish have surprisingly straight teeth which look eerily similar to human teeth. The Pacu, which is a relative of the piranha, primarily eats fruit, seeds, and nuts and are mostly harmless to people. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://number18dental.com/holy-molars-the-fish-with-human-teeth/
The Inland Taipan or “fierce snake” is the most venomous snake in the world. However, because of its shy and timid nature there has never been a recorded death caused by its bite. The word “fierce” describes its venom and not its temperament. – WTF Fun Facts
The feral cat population in Australia was so large that they killed an estimated 75 million native animals every night across Australia, including birds, frogs, mammals, and reptiles. Australian authorities planned to kill 2 million feral cats by 2020. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.peta.org.au/issues/feral-cats/
The opossum or possum, Didelphis virginiana, is currently the only marsupial native to the USA. They groom themselves like cats and one possum can eat some 5,000 ticks in a single season, killing ~90% of all the ticks they encounter. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wideopenspaces.com/did-you-know-that-opossums-eat-virtually-all-the-ticks-in-your-yard/
Car size fossils of the turtle, Stupendemys geographicus, were found in Colombia’s Tatacoa Desert and Venezuela’s Urumaco region. These turtles are believed to have roamed the region between 7 and 13 million years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51485011
There is a small rock island, Ilha da Queimada Grande, off the coast of Southern Brazil that is home to roughly 1 snake per square meter. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_da_Queimada_Grande
A recent study by researchers at the University of St. Andrews found that migrating humpback whales could be linked to their origin region by their whale songs. Each region and population of whales has their own unique songs. – WTF Fun Facts
Entomologists and other scientists use a simple device called a pooter to carefully pick up live insects. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62345/pooter-entomologists-favorite-tool
Sea urchins got their name from hedgehogs, which until about the 15th century were called “urchins.” Therefore, sea urchins are basically ocean hedgehogs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.quirkbooks.com/post/quirky-history-urchins-igls-and-hogs-hedgehogs-medieval-manuscripts
The Northern Scorpion, Canada’s only scorpion, can have as many as 12 eyes but they are mainly light-sensitive and only able distinguish light from dark. However, they are so sensitive they can actually navigate by the stars at night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/what-has-12-eyes-and-still-cant-see-bcs-northern-scorpion/it64525
The Spanish ribbed newt, when attacked, pushes out its ribs until they pierce through its body, exposing a row of bones that act like poisonous barbs. The behavior doesn’t have any long-term harmful effects on the newt itself. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8212000/8212623.stm
Every 3 years, Ypres Belgium has a cat parade called Kattenstoet, culminating in stuffed animals being thrown from the bell tower. It originates from the middle ages, where they threw live feral cats from the tower on “Cats Wednesday”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/world/what-in-the-world/belgium-cat-thrown-tower-ypres.html
Termite queens have the longest lifespan of any insect in the world, living up to 50 years. Termites are also a delicacy in the diet of some human cultures and are often used in traditional medicines. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite
New York City has the highest concentration of nesting Peregrine falcons in the world. They can soar over the city by taking advantage of updrafts from skyscrapers. The numerous pigeons are a constant food source which negates their need to migrate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/planet-earth-ii/cities
Researchers have found a male cheetah’s “stutter” bark triggers the female reproductive system to release eggs. Unlike other cat species, female cheetahs lack a regular reproductive cycle and rarely ovulate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2009/01/cheetah-gender-hormones-animals/
Recent research has found that seals brought Tuberculosis to North & South America and not European explorers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/08/seals-infected-early-americans-tuberculosis
There are lobsters who are not only colored differently but half their body is male and half is female. They are known as gynandromorphs. – WTF Fun Facts
A mosquito’s proboscis has six needles, two of which have 47 sharp edges on their tips to help cut through skin and even protective layers of clothing in order to suck your blood. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://endmosquitoes.com/do-mosquitoes-have-teeth-number/