A capon is a castrated rooster.
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
A father Emperor penguin withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, which he keeps on his feet, covered with a feathered flap. During this entire time he doesn't eat a thing. Most father penguins lose about 25 pounds while they wait for their babies to hatch. Afterward, they feed the chicks a special liquid from their throats. When the mother penguins return to care for the young, the fathers go to sea to eat and rest.
A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks.
A Hindu temple dedicated to the rat goddess Karni Mata in Deshnoke, India, houses more than 20,000 rats.
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
A normal cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices).
A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.
A zebra is white with black stripes.
All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930.
An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
At nearly 50 percent fat, whale milk has around 10 times the fat content of human milk, which helps calves achieve some serious growth spurts - as much as 200 pounds per day.
At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.
Brown eggs come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes; white eggs come from hens with white feathers and white ear lobes. Shell color is determined by the breed of hen and has no effect on its quality, nutrients or flavor
By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.
Camel milk does not curdle.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.
Crocodiles swallow large stones that stay permanently in their bellies. It's been suggested these are used for ballast in diving.
Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. They frequently rise to the surface for air.
Domesticated turkeys (farm raised) cannot fly. Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at up to 55 miles per hour. Wild turkeys are also fast on the ground, running at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
Every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. This is four times the amount spent on baby food.
Female chickens, or hens, need about 24 to 26 hours to produce one egg. Thirty minutes later they start the process all over again. In addition to the half-hour rests, some hens rest every three to five days and others rest every 10 days.
German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
Hippos have killed more than 400 people in Africa - more than any other wild animal.
In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.
Infant beavers are called kittens.
It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.
Lassie was played by several male dogs, despite the female name, because male collies were thought to look better on camera. The main "actor" was named Pal.
Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.
Rats can't throw-up.
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
Swans are the only birds with penises.
The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.
The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."
The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
The largest animal ever seen alive was a 113.5 foot, 170-ton female blue whale.
The turkey was named for what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin.Turkeys originated in North and Central America, and evidence indicates that they have been around for over 10 million years.
The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
Whales and dolphins can literally fall half asleep. Their brain hemispheres alternate sleeping, so the animals can continue to surface and breathe.
When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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