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
Fun Animal Facts
Our random animal facts are a both fun and a little bit weird but they will keep you entertained for days!
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
WTF Fun Fact – Jaguars Jaw Dropping Power
Jaguars have such powerful jaws that they kill their prey by biting into the brain directly through the skull. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.northernjaguarproject.org/ecology/about-the-jaguar/