23 INSANE Animal Facts You Can Shock People With

Looking to up your game at water cooler conversations?  Feeling like your dinner party chat is a little stale?  Well, as always, joi is here to help!  Since today is World Animal Day, we thought it would be a great idea to pull together some of the craziest animal facts so you can surprise and delight colleagues and friends with your awesome knowledge!  We scoured the books (okay the internet) and found the quirkiest, the most outlandish and almost unbelievable animal facts. You’ll never look at a dog the same way again!  (Our first idea was to share uber cute pictures of puppies, but we thought this would expand your brain more)

1 Kangaroos actually use their tails for balance.  If you lift it off the ground, they can’t hop!

kangaroo hopping and tail picture animal facts blog post

2 Only the males are actually called Peacocks.  The females are called Peahens.  Imagine how good it will feel to correct someone on that fact!

3 Houseflies only live for 14 days. On the plus side they can hum in a pitch perfect F…..

4 Don’t even think about it…. There are only three mammals that experience menopause – they are human females, humpback whales and elephants.  (Disclaimer: under no circumstances should this information be used to make a joke about your Mother-in-Law!)

5 Camels have a clear eyelid.  Under their upper and lower eyelids, camels have a third eyelid that is a thin transparent layer that they can close to protect against desert sand storms

camel head picture third clear eyelid fact animal

6 Ants never sleep.  Oh and there are about 1 million of them for every human on the planet, so don’t be surprised when the takeover comes….you’ll probably be sleeping

7 Flamingos are in fact white. They get their gorgeous pink hue from their diet of shrimp and algae

8 We recommend never getting on the wrong side of a Grizzly bear.  Their bite is strong enough to crush a bowling ball!

9 It’s a Man’s World  Want to make seahorse babies?  It’s the male seahorses who get pregnant.  They are the only animal in the world whose male members carry the babies to term

10 French poodles actually originated in Germany.  You know that one will be useful in a pub quiz…..

french poddle dog animal picture

11 Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height.  Think of a man jumping over the Empire State Building. Yeah, that is insane.

12 #Squadgoals Cows actually have best friends and become stressed when they are separated

13 Oysters can change gender at will.  They are often born male, but many switch to female after a year #girlpower

14 Want to know if your best friend is happy or sad?  It’s all in the tail. Happy dogs wag to the right, sad ones to the left (if you do see a left tail wagger, you can always cheer them up with a Waggie box)

waggie box medium for dogs on joigifts.com

15 #noringnobling  Penguins propose to their partners with a pebble.  If the female takes the pebble she has accepted the male as her mate

16 Polar bears are actually black. Yep, their black skin is covered in a clear layer of fur that captures the sun’s rays which causes the luminescence which makes them look white

polar bear black skin image animal fact

17 *Icky Alert*  Cockroaches can survive decapitation. Although not forever.  A headless cockroach will survive for a about a week because they breathe through openings called spiracles on their body.  (But the thirst and hunger will eventually get them)

18 Not looking forward to winter?  Be like a tree frog and freeze.  Tree frogs survive the cold temperatures of the winter by ‘freezing’ themselves in a process known as estivation.  They cocoon themselves with only their nostrils exposed and come back to life as soon as spring comes around

19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.  They have evolved to keep an awareness of their surroundings whilst sleeping to protect against predators and dangers.  #naturalspies

20 Run out of sunblock?  You could grab some from a friendly hippo.  Hippos actually secrete a reddish oily liquid (which looks a bit like pink sweat) which acts as a sunblock for their lazy water bathing; it’s also a moisturizer and an antibiotic to keep them healthy!

21 Double trouble  Honey Bees have two stomachs; one to store food and one that is dedicated to making honey

22 Wombat poop is cube-shaped.  (We had to include that one, the picture is so cute!)

wombat animal picture

23 The number of people bitten by sharks every year is 10 times less than the number of people bitten every year by other people in New York City  #weirdbuttrue #travelsafeguys #youthoughttrumpwasbad

Did you know any of those?   Okay, okay, here are some cute puppies as well……

golden retriever puppy photo animal dogs

newfoundland puppy florence dog animal

cute puppy picture animal blog dog post

oh okay, and the one with Tom Hardy as well….. #extraspecialtreat

tom hardy actor cuddling cute puppy dog image

You’re welcome x

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