Galeanthropy is a mental condition of thinking that one has become a cat, which is usually manifested in the adoption of feline mannerisms and habits. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/galeanthropy
WTF Fun Fact – Galeanthropy
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 – Nictating Membrane
Ducks can keep their eyes open underwater due to a transparent third, sideways eyelid called a nictating membrane or haw. All birds have it and even humans have a vestigial remnant called the plica semilunaris. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nictitating_membrane
WTF Fun Fact – Tara Hero Cat
In 2015, Tara, the tabby cat, won the SPCA Los Angeles’s annual national Hero Dog Award for tackling a dog attacking a child. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/19/415878758/cat-wins-hero-dog-award
WTF Fun Fact – Sloths Life-Threatening Doody
Sloths poop once a week. This is the only reason they will leave their tree. It’s always a life-threatening situation for them as predators can easily prey on them while they do their “poo dance” at ground level. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/sloths-only-poop-once-week.htm
WTF Fun Fact – Snapping Turtles Bite
Common snapping turtles have no teeth but they can produce 1000 PSI bite force with their sharp beak and firm jaws, which is more than enough to bite off a finger. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://animalhype.com/reptiles/snapping-turtle-bite-force-brutal-bite/#Can_Snapping_Turtle_Bite_Your_Finger_Off
WTF Fun Fact – Danes Watch Dancing Cows
A quarter of a million people in Denmark gather on “Organic Day” in April to watch the cows being let out to pasture. For some 20 minutes, the cows seem to “dance” in the fields. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/20/401020408/when-danish-cows-see-fresh-spring-pasture-they-jump-for-joy
WTF Fun Fact – Belgica Antarctica
The wingless midge (or small fly) Belgica Antarctica is the largest land animal permanently living in Antarctica is only .24 inches long. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://onlyfunfacts.com/fun-facts/facts-about-antarctica/
WTF Fun Fact – Binky The Polar Bear
Binky the polar bear lived in Anchorage’s Alaska Zoo. He mauled two visitors who jumped over the safety rails on separate occasions. After the maulings, Binky merchandise was sold with the slogan “Send another tourist, this one got away”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binky_(polar_bear)
WTF Fun Fact – Mantis Shrimps’ Eyes
Mantis shrimps’ eyes are more evolved than those of humans: they have four times as many color receptors and can see UV, visible, and polarized light. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://phys.org/news/2013-09-mantis-shrimp-world-eyesbut.html
WTF Fun Fact – Sweet Sperm Whale Ambergris
A popular additive to many perfumes, Ambergris, comes from the intestines of sperm whales. When it’s fresh, not surprisingly, it smells like crap, but then later begins to smell sweet and ‘earthy’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/whale-poop-perfume-ambergris-why-its-expensive-2019-1
WTF Fun Fact – Reagan’s Squirrely Advice
Ronald Reagan enjoyed the White House’s squirrel population so much that on his last day in office he left a sign for them warning them to beware of George H.W. Bush’s dog. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/11/politics/remarks-by-former-president-george-hw-bush.html
WTF Fun Fact – Parietal Eye
Some lizards have a visible third eye known as a parietal eye, which is an opalescent gray spot on the top of their heads. The eye is sensitive to changes in light & dark but cannot form images. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.anapsid.org/parietal.html
WTF Fun Fact – Sunrise Song
Gibbons start each day by singing at sunrise. Their vocalizations are often referred to as ‘song’ because of the way they modulate their pitch as well as singing with others in ‘duets.’ – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://wildambience.com/wildlife-sounds/white-handed-gibbon/
WTF Fun Fact – Bzzzzomb Detector
According to scientists from the Defense Advanced Research Laboratory (DARPA), bees or buzzing insects can be trained to detect bombs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://science.howstuffworks.com/bomb-sniffing-bees.htm
WTF Fun Fact – Elephants Console One Another
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/
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/