Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
If you remove a fruit fly’s front legs, which contain a number of sensory organs, then it will mate with both male and female fruit flies as well as other fly species. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823234/
Despite some broader urban legends, studies how Polar bears are the only type of bears known to be attracted to women menstruating. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bearbiology.org/fileadmin/tpl/Downloads/URSUS/Vol_5/Cushing_Vol_5.pdf
https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/5-ways-to-attract-bears5.htm
Three seals were trained to copy sounds which subsequently resulted in them performing a several-note rendition of Star Wars and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/seals-can-copy-human-speech-and-sing-star-wars-theme-tune-new-study-says-11745715
There is a group of sea wolves on Vancouver Island that can swim for miles and 90% of their diet is seafood. They primarily eat salmon but also forage on barnacles, lams, herring eggs, seals, and river otters. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/sea-oceans-wolves-animals-science/
A mouse’s sperm is much, much larger than an elephant’s sperm. However, the fruit fly produces the longest sperm known to science. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://gizmodo.com/this-is-why-a-mouses-sperm-is-longer-than-an-elephants-1743378063
Cats have a dominant paw very similar to how humans have a dominant hand. These preferences also differ by sex – same as in humans. Males tend to prefer their left paws, whereas females were more likely to be righties. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/animals-pets-cats-right-handed/
The national bird of Peru is the Andean cock-of-the-rock. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_cock-of-the-rock
A missing Indonesian woman was found clothed and entirely intact when local villagers dissected a 23 foot long reticulated python. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/indonesia-python-swallowed-body-missing-woman-wa-tiba-1262110-2018-06-16
The original word for bear has been lost because our ancient ancestors were so worried saying the name of the animal would cause it to come after them. Instead they used the term bruin, meaning the brown one, which then segued into bear. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2041313,00.html
Up until 2008, the chemical TBT was used in ship’s anti-fouling paint, which caused female snails to grow penises and ultimately explode because they couldn’t shed their eggs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/01/15/female-sea-snails-no-longer-growing-penises-thanks-to-ban-on-toxic-chemical/#.XRiq_I97mUl
The Roncalli Circus in Germany has replaced live animal acts with holographs created by 11 specialized projectors displaying from multiple angles to create a flawless visual for all guests. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/05/circus-swaps-real-animals-holograms-9817847/
Thieves stole a small horn shark from the San Antonio Aquarium using a baby stroller to smuggle the shark out. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thieves-snatch-shark-san-antonio-aquarium-wheel-it-out-baby-n895956
Puffins are a local delicacy in Iceland. You can find them served smoked, grilled, or boiled. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/12/21/12_local_delicacies_to_try_in_iceland/
The Turritopsis Dohrnii aka immortal jellyfish can live forever by transforming back into their juvenile polyp state after reproducing. They retract their tentacles, their bodies shrink, and they sink to the ocean floor and start the life cycle all over again. They only die by being eaten by a predator or contracting a disease. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://immortal-jellyfish.com/
The Australian Rainbow Lorikeet routinely gets drunk on the fermented crimson flower nectar from the Weeping Boer-bean tree and make loud noises during spring and summer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/australia/typical-aussie-bird-likes-the-piss.aspx
Dalmations are the official firehouse dog because in the 18th century they would run alongside horse-drawn “fire engines” and prevent other dogs or animals from spooking the horses. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/33293-dalmatians-official-firehouse-dogs.html
A Chinese family adopted what they thought was a Tibetan mastiff but it turned out to be an Asiatic black bear instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/black-bear-dog-adoption-animals-spd/
The tobacco hornworm (Manduca Sexta) uses the nicotine from the tobacco it eats to produce bad breath to deter predators.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/12/30/caterpillars-bad-breath-scares-off-predators/