The blue-banded bee (Amegilla murrayensis) head-bangs flowers 350x a second in order to obtain pollen. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/australian-blue-banded-bees-headbanging-flowers-03518.html
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 – Dead Geckos Still Stick
A dead gecko can stick to a surface for up to 30 minutes after its death. Research has shown their sticking force is passive and just as effective dead or alive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/death-will-not-stop-geckos-sticking-walls/
WTF Fun Fact – Bruno’s Casque-headed Frog Poison
Bruno’s casque-headed frog (Aparasphenodon brunoi) is so venomous that 1 gram of its venom could kill 80 people or 300,000 mice. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bra-zen Smuggler
A woman from Stockholm, Sweden, attempted to smuggle 75 live snakes onto an airplane by placing them in her bra. She also had six lizards under her shorts. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Honey Bee Democracy
When faced with a life-or-death decision about choosing to move to a new hive, Honey Bees collectively fact-find and then decide democratically. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/science/28scibks.html
WTF Fun Fact – Dog-Speak
Research done by the University of York has shown that dogs actually like the silly, high-pitched voice their owners use to talk to them. “Dog-speak” is important in building a bond between a dog and their owner say scientists. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Disguised Spiders
There are hundreds of species of spiders that disguise themselves as ants by pretending their two front legs are antennae in order to hide from predators and hunt their prey. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Backwards Flying Wasps
Sand wasps fly backwards out of their nest in order to be able to find their way back to it. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.seeker.com/wasps-fly-backwards-to-ensure-they-can-get-home-1770877601.html
WTF Fun Fact – Natural Mechanical Gears
There is a small hopping insect known as Issus Coleoptratus which has toothed gears in its joints to precisely synchronize its legs while jumping. They are the only mechanical gears which have been found in nature. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Anal Drumming
The masked birch caterpillar uses anal drumming to find friends to build a communal silken shelter. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bicephalic Meaning
A sea turtle patrol on Hilton Island in South Carolina has recently turned up a rare double-headed (bicephalic) hatchling, which they named Squirt and Crush. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/08/29/Sea-turtle-hatchling-with-two-heads-found-on-South-Carolina-beach/5661567101651/?sl=15
WTF Fun Fact – Moose Predator
The Orca or Killer Whale is one of the few natural predators of a moose. They prey on moose swimming between islands on the Northwest coast of North America. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Crocodile Teeth
When a crocodile loses a tooth, it is quickly replaced by a new tooth. They can go through 8000 teeth over a lifetime. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Wrong Fish
A recent study found 1/3rd of the fish sold in restaurants and grocery stores in the US is mislabeled and misrepresented. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://oceana.org/sites/default/files/National_Seafood_Fraud_Testing_Results_Highlights_FINAL.pdf
WTF Fun Fact – Turkey Dinner
Britain’s oldest turkey is ironically named ‘Dinner’. He is over 16 years old and lives as a pet on Stonebridge Farm in Nottingham. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – CIA Cat Spies
The CIA spent $20 million in an attempt to use cats to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies. The mission was called Acoustic Kitty and involved implanting a microphone in a cat’s ears and a radio transmitter near its skull. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pieza Fly Names
There’s a genus of fly called Pieza which has cleverly named species like Pieza pie, Pieza rhea, Pieza kake,and finally the Pieza deresistans. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Ant Infrastructure Projects
New research shows ants manage large infrastructure projects without wasting any energy on coordination or communication between ants. Each ant works alone and solves problems by themselves. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-ants-megaprojects.html