17 Fun Facts About Animals That Might Surprise You

Animals are so varied from one another that it's no surprise that there are some pretty crazy facts about them out there. Seriously. Ever heard of a goth chicken? It's a real thing. Can you guess which dog is closest to wolves? It's not what you think! These facts are actually highly entertaining, and they'll boost your useless trivia knowledge. Yay. 


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    Bird - WTF fun fact # Tl62 Crows recognise human faces and hold grudges against ones they don't like wtffunfact.com
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    Whiskers - WTF fun fact #T15 A tiger's tongue is so rough, it can lick the paint off buildings and strip the skin from the bones of an animal. wtffunfact.com
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    Text - WTF fun fact #615 Alligators have been a long-running problem for NASA, including climbing over their fences and entering buildings over night wtffunfact.com
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    Cat - WTF fun fact # 3 65-85% of all white cats born with two blue eyes are deaf, and if a cat is born with just one blue eye, only the hearing on that side is impaired.
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    Dog - WTF fun fact #b84 Miniature Australian Shepherds have such a strong herding tendency that they'll try to herd little children wtffunfact.com
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    Fishing - WTF fun fact # 7231 There's a fish that can jump from the water and stab people at speeds up to 37 MPH with multiple human fatalities on record. wtffunfact.com
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    Marine mammal - WTF fun fact #500 A blue whale can consume as many calories in a single moutful as an average person consumes in roughly 180 days
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    Rabbit - WTF fun fact #6o% Rabbits are so delicate animals that they can die of fright. Children younger than 12 should not have rabbits as pets. wtffunfact.com
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    Organism - WTF fun fact #6784 The long-eared jerboa is nocturnal mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. It is distinct enough that authorities consider it to be the only member of tth its genus, Etctoreutes, and subfamily, Euchoreutinae. wtffunfact.com
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    Elephant - WTF fun fact #548| Elephants are one of the few (if not the only) animals who can understand human pointing, without any training. wtffunfact.com
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    Mammal - WTF fun fact #(840 A DNA study of 85 distinct dog breeds found that the Chow Chow and the Shiba Inu are the most closely related to wolves. wtffunfact.com
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    Product - WTF fun fact #132 There are extremely rare 'goth chickens' running around Indonesia. Due to a dominant genetic mutation, chickens of the Ayam Cemani breed are entirely black, from their feathers, beaks, and tongues, to their meat, bones, and internal organs. wtffunfact.com
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    Panda - WTF fun fact #6814 In China, killing a Panda is punishable by death. wtffunfact.com
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    Adaptation - WTF fun fact #b5 Meerkat sentries will climb just about anything to get a better view of their surroundings...including cameramen. wtffunfact.com
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    Text - WTF fun fact #6824 Granny, the oldest orca in the world who has been swimming since 1911. She's 105 years old. wtffunfact.com
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    Vertebrate - fact #1001 WTF fun The black panther is not a species but a melanistic (opposite to albinistic) jaguar or leopard wtffunfact.com
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    Dog - WTF fun fact # 7012 A dog named Duke has been the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota since 2014, having won 3 re-elections. MAYOR wtffunfact.com
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