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Animals That Live in the Desert

Few of us could ever imagine living in the desert. A daytime heat that can surpass 100 degrees and nighttime temperatures that can dip below freezing make for a pretty extreme environment. Even so, like so many inhospitable places on earth, there …

Animals That Hibernate

Rather than face the hardships that often accompany a cold winter, there are many animals that take what might be considered an extended siesta to pass the winter months. Technically, it’s called hibernation, and there are different types of hibernation that various …

9 Animals That Are Now Extinct

Although we seem to have a large and diverse population of animals here on planet Earth, you might be surprised to find out how many animals have become extinct down through the ages. Some estimates put the total number of extinct animals …

After Disney’s “Princess and the Frog” movie came out, over 50 children were hospitalized with salmonella from kissing frogs

The Disney film ‘The Princess and the Frog’ is about the really important things in life. However some kids learned another lesson after watching the movie...

Fastest Land Animals in the World

Here are the top 10 fastest animals on land.

6 Interesting Facts About Polar Bears

Polar bears (or Ursus Maritimus – to give them their posh Latin name) can be found pretty much anywhere inside the Arctic Circle – Canada, Russia, Greenland etc, and are the largest living land carnivore with males coming in at 400-600kg and females …

16 Interesting Facts About Cats

A cat is defined as a domesticated carnivorous mammal. Each cat has different features which differ from breed to breed, but they all generally have soft fur, short snout and retractable claws, and are very well known for their hunting abilities. It …

A man from Indonesia left his 9 dogs unfed for 2 weeks while on vacation. When he returned his starving dogs attacked and ate him

In August of 2011, Andre Lumbosa took a 2-week vacation at the end of the religious festival of Ramadan and left his nine dogs alone in the house without access to any food or water. Two of the smaller, weaker dogs were …

In 2005 in Turkey, a suicide sheep jumped off a cliff and 1500 sheep followed the first one

Are sheep too smart for their own good, or are they just plain dumb? We’ll let you be the judge of that after you have read this bizarre yet slightly fascinating story. As Turkish shepherds watched on whilst their herd of sheep …

Giraffes and humans possess the same number of neck bones

The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is the tallest land animal on earth, standing up to 6 metres- 20 feet in height. They achieve this remarkable stature predominantly through their exceptionally long legs and incredible neck which can itself measure 2 metres- 7 feet …

Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don’t drift away from each other

How cute is the sea otter! They are a marine mammal which can be found on the coasts of the Northern Pacific Ocean and are the largest member of the weasel family. They have the densest fur in the whole animal kingdom, …

Hachiko: The true story of a loyal dog who from 1925 waited outside the train station every morning for 9 years after the death of his master

A dog’s love towards his family is unconditional, and a classic example of this is the story of Hachiko, an Akita dog who was born in 1923 in Japan. He was adopted by an agricultural professor who took him home and took …

Cats Meow to Communicate to People, Not Each Other

A cat’s meow can have a lot of meaning when it comes to communication but mostly, the meaning of the meows of cats is to communicate with humans. However, there are some individuals who think that cats’ meows are to communicate with …

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