Get Your Geek On: 28 Scientific Animal Pawsts for Creature-Curious Hoomans

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jan 19, 2025 2:00 PM EST

The weekend is our opportunity to indulge in the things that we truly love in life. For some that might mean partaking in playing pickleball, for others it is being surrounded by family and friends, and then there are those among us who just love to geek out over animals in whatever way we can. And if you are feeling the cold this morning and would rather stay curled up at home rather than roaming into the forest to find some fluffy friends, then we have got quite the list lined up for you. Filled with fun facts about our awwdorable animal friends, this list is the pawfect place to get your geek on and scratch your scientific itch. So sit back, grab a notepad to take notes and get stuck in.

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  • 01
    This pup couldn't hack it as a drug- sniffing dog, so now, he sniffs out the poop of elusive animals in the name of conservation cnn.it/2TGe3yF @will_ent Matt Buechele @mattbooshell all i read was: cool dog isn't a narc, becomes scientist
    via @will_ent, @mattbooshell

  • As you will come to find, we filled this list with not only serious scientific facts, but also some colloquial cute critter content to bridge the gap between your nerdy mind and the amazing animals that boggle it. After all, it is the weekend, and we do not need to be bloated solely by fastidious facts.

  • 02
    Me: I have a fear of hydroxyl groups Therapist: Oh Me:
    via memesonscience
  • 03
    My brain when I read the word hippocampus
    via memesonscience
  • 04
    A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its head. When a woodpecker pecks, these tongue bones are retracted and stabilize the skull, providing musculo-sketal support. These also protect its brain from over 1000g of force when it's hammering away by absorbing the shock.
    via memesonscience
  • 05
    This helpful stingray offered itself up as a tent for a diver who decided to have a lie down on the seabed at Grand Cayman. (✗) tentacleheadcold Blankie flawlessglamazon Sea blankie
    via tentacleheadcold, flawlessglamazon
  • 06
    Kristie @nairnsy27 Saw a cool bird and Googled what it was called, Imao I hate ornithologists = Google K black bird with yellow head ✗ All Images Videos News Maps Yellow-headed blackbird Shopping Birds
    via @nairnsy27
  • 07
    tilthat TIL that a cat once co-authored a physics paper. In 1975, a physicist had just finished writing a paper and was ready to publish but realized that he had used 'we' instead of 'I' throughout, despite being the sole author. Not wanting to edit the paper, he listed his cat, Chester, as a co-author. via http://ift.tt/2pvbu4c mikkeneko This is the cat, by the way: I trust him doomsniffer Ok but the best part is, physicists loved the joke. When people called the author's university and he wasn
    via tilthat, mikkeneko, doomsniffer,
  • 08
    probalicious: nuttedtwice: when u hold ur favorite rock Do you all know that otters hold their "special rock" under their armpits when not in use? And when in use they are used to open shells for food? Their rock is so important to them that it's passed on from generation to generation. That really is his favorite rock.
    via probalicious
  • 09
    Me adding "nevertheless" in my essay for a lil razzle dazzle
    via memesonscience

  • There might not be as many reasons fur us nerds to find pride in our ways as other kinds of hoomans. But when we find an appropriate moment to stick a “nevertheless” in an essay, it is rather pride inducing. Even if it does slightly cheat you out of adding three words to your word count…

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    I'm gonna get close to this group of humans. What's the worst that can happen? Thousands of years later: @ZOEY NOT ZOEY
    via ZOEY NOT ZOEY
  • 11
    This Moray tried to swallow a Pufferfish; said Puffer took her with him.
    via memesonscience
  • 12
    Marmot realises it's been caught by a fox
    via memesonscience

  • It is interesting to see that the concept of bullies exists in nature too. Because this scene is all too reminiscent of many a moment outside a science lab, waiting to be let in to your AP class. Getting snuck up on and scared, so much so that you fling your books in the air and potentially soil yourself is a little bit of a sore spot still.

  • 13
    Delbons whe Doughnut Bat Tom @elbows_selbo Delighted to discover that nature has evolved a bat that looks exactly like a jam doughnut
    via elbows_selbo
  • 14
    Evolution can you give me lungs for land To live on land? DAA Yeeees. the water Actually Goes back Like a boss Masasaur time
    via memesonscience
  • 15
    Whenever I mess up an experiment I just think of what a pigeon considers a successful nest
    via memesonscience
  • 16
    Less flamboyant relative of the Boom Chacalaca t Curassow Crax rubra 3 ft. (90 cm) Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula To 2 ft. (60 cm) Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana To 16 in. (40 cm)
    via memesonscience
  • 17
    Some squid are very brave during their checkups and others...pretend to be rocks. m. SAFE TOVETOP
    via memesonscience
  • 18
    The thresher shark has a tail that is the same length as it's body and its purpose is to slap and whip fish knocking them out.
    via memesonscience
  • 19
    I need to stop looking at weird animal facts. I've just seen the inside of a penguin's mouth and now everything is ruined. EVERYTHING!
    via memesonscience
  • 20
    When they were trying to bring Puffins back to islands on the US east coast they decided to do so with dummies. Puffins are very social, and as a result would want to land on islands that already have puffins. The dummies looked real from a distance, but were seriously lacking up close, held up by a single peg. Puffins, being social and wanting to fit in, followed suit:
    via memesonscience
  • 21
    I love thresher sharks because they look how I constantly feel Paul Flandinette
    via memesonscience
  • 22
    To cheat death is a power only one has achieved. gadmemes.com
    via memesonscience
  • 23
    Alligators can live up to 100 years which is why there is an increased chance that they will see you later.
    via memesonscience
  • 24
    Figure 1.1 Well prepared cat.
    via memesonscience
  • 25
    Some species of burrowing spiders keep teeny tiny frogs in their burrows to keep it free of bugs too small for the spider to get that might try to eat the spider's eggs. This means that tiny frogs are spider cats. Lone @Warriorlone1 Even if you hate spiders you can't hate this
    via Warriorlone1
  • 26
    He has undergone ZERO design changes since 37 Million Year ago This is because he is without flaw.
    via memesonscience
  • 27
    Science Memes memesonscience @memesonscience your zodiac sign, what's your favorite Shark? SHARKS OF THE WORLD SAND TIGER SHARK Odontespis taurus LEMON SHARK Negaprion brevirostris ZEBRA SHARK Stegostoma fasciatton WHALE SHARK Rhincodon typus SALMON SHARK Lamna ditropis GREAT HAMMERHEAD SHARK Spityrna mokarran LEOPARD SHARK Triakis semifasciata TIGER SHARK Caleocerdo cuvier MAKO SHARK Isurus axyrinchuis @memesonscience SILVERTIP REEF SHARK Carcharhinus albimarginatus GREAT WHITE SHARK Carcharodo
    via memesonscience
  • 28
    Classical mechanics physics Force Quantum physics Velod Motion Acceleration Kinetic Energy Tonque Gravas d TP Variance Impulse Mary Energy Dride Law Density Charge Q-It What the is Here is the formula and this will happeen precisely like you calculated happening???)-;
    via memesonscience

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