A group of unicorns is called a blessing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://researchmaniacs.com/CollectiveNouns/Animals/What-is-a-group-of-Unicorns-called.html
WTF Fun Fact – A Blessing Of Unicorns
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 – Frida The Rescue Dog
A rescue dog in Mexico named Frida saved the lives of 12 people who were trapped under rubble due to earthquakes. She identified a total of 52 bodies during her career. Now retired, she is a national heroine in Mexico with a statue and all. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-earthquake-frida-dog-20170921-story.html
WTF Fun Fact – Nonemitic Rats
Rats are nonemetic, meaning they can’t vomit. It’s why rat poison is so effective. They also can’t burp and they don’t experience heartburn. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm
WTF Fun Fact – A Monkey Faced Orchid Named Dracula
There’s a species of orchid that looks like a monkey’s face called ‘Dracula Simia’. It is native to the tropical cloud forests of Southeastern Ecuador and Peru as it grows best in elevations above 2,000 feet. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_simia
WTF Fun Fact – How Did The Turtle Cross The Tracks?
Japan has installed special concrete tunnels under some of their train tracks to allow for turtles to cross the tracks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japanese-rail-workers-build-special-tunnels-to-save-turtles-from-train-deaths-a6757466.html
WTF Fun Fact – Penguin Colony Poop
Penguin colonies generate so much poop that it stains the ice and allows scientists to track their movement and colony size using satellite imagery. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/penguin-poop-can-be-seen-from-space-5898236
WTF Fun Fact – King Penguins On A Treadmill
Researchers traveled to Antarctica and put 10 king penguins on a treadmill. They found fat king penguins are more unsteady on their feet while waddling compared to their slimmer counterparts. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/25/penguins-on-a-treadmill-study-shows-fat-ones-fall-over-more-often-than-slim-ones
WTF Fun Fact – Tasty Jewel Caterpillar
The jewel caterpillar (dalceridae) is covered in brightly-colored, translucent spines that make it look like a little pile of gummy candies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-biology-of-the-translucent-jewel-caterpillar-the-nudibranch-of-the-forest/
WTF Fun Fact – Camel Beauty Contest
In Saudi Arabia, a dozen camels were disqualified from a camel beauty contest for getting Botox injections to make them more attractive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/saudi-camel-beauty-festival-12-entrants-disqualified-for-botox-use-1.698068
WTF Fun Fact – Galapagos Batfish
The red-lipped batfish or Galapagos batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini) have frowny-faces and giant red lips. They use their fins as feet to walk around the sea floor because they’re terrible swimmers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-lipped_batfish
WTF Fun Fact – Squidward Tentacles
SpongeBob SquarePants character Squidward Tentacles has six tentacles, making him neither squid nor octopus. Creator Stephen Hillenberg has stated that he is indeed an octopus. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.insider.com/squidward-tentacles-spongebob-squarepants-octopus-2017-10
WTF Fun Fact – Drooping Ears Trait
Drooping ears is a trait for domesticated animals that very rarely occurs in the wild (elephants are an exception). Almost all species gain this trait when domesticated. A Russian experiment successfully domesticated foxes over 40 generations, and in that span their ears drooped. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-best-friend-a-forgotten-russian-experiment-in-fox-domestication/
WTF Fun Fact – National Eagle Repository
The US federal government has an office in Denver called the National Eagle Repository that receives dead bald and golden eagles, which are then used by registered Native Americans tribes for religious and cultural ceremonies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Eagle_Repository?wprov=sfla1
WTF Fun Fact – Who Let The Dogs Rock Out?
Researchers found that dogs have musical tastes. The Scottish SPCA and University of Glasgow monitored dogs’ heart rates while playing different genres of music and found that they generally preferred reggae and soft rock. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38757761
WTF Fun Fact – Hooting or Hollering
In 1996, a man in Devon, England spent a year hooting at owls and logging their response only to find out his neighbor was unknowingly the ‘owl’ hooting back. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/twit-two-woo-over-the-garden-fence-1252339.html
WTF Fun Fact – The Dire Wolf Project
Since 1988, a dog breeder has been working on The Dire Wolf Project. The goal is creating a breed (American Alsatian) of loving companion dog that resembles a prehistoric dire wolf. They are enormous, scary, shaggy, and by all accounts, sweet. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.direwolfproject.com/
WTF Fun Fact – A Python’s Methods
A recent study found that pythons don’t actually kill by suffocation, but rather by cutting off the circulation of blood resulting in a heart attack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171522/Pythons-kill-heart-attack-Snakes-actually-cut-blood-supply-prey-kill-suffocation.html
WTF Fun Fact – Strongest Material In Nature
A recent study found limpet teeth, which they use to scrape food off rocks, are made from the strongest biological material in nature. The material the mollusc’s teeth are made out of is about five times as strong as spider silk, the former title holder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31500883