15 Interesting Useless Animal Facts

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May 5, 2017 11:00 AM EDT

Not all facts are useful. Actually, a lot of them aren't, including the ones in this collection. But that doesn't mean they're not interesting! And they can be useful for lulls in conversations, party tricks, and of course, trivia nights. So actually, they're not useless at all. Very useful. Get reading.

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01
Some Male Songbirds Sing More Than 2000 times Each Day.

via Flickr
02
If You Lift a Kangaroo’s Tail Off The Ground it Can’t Hop – They Use Their Tails For Balance

via I Can Has Cheezburger
03
Sea Otters Hold Hands When They Sleep to Keep From Drifting Apart.

via The Dodo
04
A Newborn Chinese Water Deer Is So Small It Can Almost Be Held In The Palm Of The Hand.

via Reddit
05
Gorillas Can Catch Human Colds And Other Illnesses.

via Giphy
06
Cows Can Sleep Standing Up, But They Can Only Dream Lying Down.

via Country Living
07
A Lion In The Wild Usually Makes No More Than Twenty Kills A Year.

via Deviant Art
08
Blue-Eyed Lemurs Are One of Two (Non-Human) Primates to Have Truly Blue Eyes... And Always Look Surprised

via The Gaurdian
09
The Female Lion Does 90% Of The Hunting

via Tumblr
10
Squirrels Plant Thousands of New Trees Each Year Simply By Forgetting Where They Put Their Acorns

via Get Narrative
11
On Average, Dogs Have Better Eyesight Than Humans, Although Not As Colorful.

via The Holidog Times
12
The Bat Is The Only Mammal That Can Fly

via 9gag
13
The Average Fox Weighs 14 Pounds

via Pinterest
14
Killer Whales Are Not Whales At All, Rather a Species of Dolphin

via Giphy
15
Cats Have Lived With People For Only 7,000 Years

via Facebook