Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
Some animals and insects, like squirrels and bumblebees, use a “mating plug” to prevent other males from inseminating females they have already mated with. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170419-the-largest-and-smallest-sex-cells-on-the-planet
Uganda is home to more than half of the world’s total population of mountain gorillas. Approximately 400 mountain gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.gorillatrips.net/uganda-gorilla-families/
The killers of Eden or Twofold Bay killers were a pod of orcas in SE Australia which helped local whalers kill baleen whales between 1840 and 1930. The arrangement became known as the “law of the tongue” because the whalers would leave the carcass for the orcas to eat the lips and tongues. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whales_of_Eden,_New_South_Wales
Researchers found during the 2017 North American eclipse that bees don’t buzz during an eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up until the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison. – WTF Fun Facts
One bite from a Lone Star tick can cause alpha-gal syndrome, which makes you allergic to red meat. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608
Birds eat up to 550 million tons of insects each year or as many as 20 quadrillion (20,000,000,000,000,000) individual bugs. – WTF Fun Facts
During WW1, many dogs were trained as ‘casualty’ or ‘mercy’ dogs. They would seek out the injured and carry them medical supplies, or wait with the mortally wounded. – WTF Fun Facts
Since most meerkats “mobs” have only a single dominant pair reproducing, they have eating (or growing) contests to establish who is the next dominant female in the hierarchy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/meerkats-settle-rivalries-eating-contests
In 2013, the town of Brunete near Madrid had volunteers watch for dog owners who didn’t pick up their dog’s poop, gather the owner’s information by petting the dogs, and then sent the poop to their home in a “lost property” box. – WTF Fun Facts
Roosters have “built-in” earplugs, which prevents them from damaging their hearing as they crow. When roosters open their beaks fully, their external auditory canals close completely.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-roosters-dont-deaf-loud-crowing.html
Researchers recently demonstrated that twig-mimicking caterpillars of the peppered moth can sense a twig’s color with their skin. Caterpillars that were blindfolded changed the color of their bodies to match their background. – WTF Fun Facts
During WW2, the U.S. Navy diving manual contained detailed instructions on how to release oneself from the grasp of a giant clam by severing its adductor muscles close to its shell. – WTF Fun Facts
Tim Wong, a 28-year-old aquatic biologist from northern California, has single-handedly repopulated the rare California Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly species in his backyard! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.disclose.tv/biologist-singlehandedly-repopulated-a-rare-butterfly-species-in-his-backyard-371202
Slugs have roughly 27,000 teeth. They routinely wear out and then lose them, but replace them by moving their back rows of teeth forward. – WTF Fun Facts
The scientific name for the dark kangaroo mouse is Microdipodops megacephalus, meaning “two small feet with a big head”. – WTF Fun Facts
Male giant jewel beetles (Julodimorpha bakewelli) often prefer to mate with beer bottles instead of female jewel beetles due to the beer bottle’s large size and attractive coloring. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_mismatch#Giant_Jewel_Beetle_and_Beer_Bottles
Titanoboa was a prehistoric snake that lived about 60 million years ago. It could grow up to 42 feet long and weigh around 2500 lbs. – WTF Fun Facts
The Scatophagus argus, which translates to “spotted feces-eater”, is a fish more commonly called the spotted scat that is known for its indiscriminate eating habits. – WTF Fun Facts