15 interesting facts about animals

Let’s go exploring the fascinating world of nature together. We present you amazing facts about animals: from funny and cute to scary and dangerous. Some of them can touch you, others can amaze your imagination. But you will definitely not be bored!

1. There are only 3% of vertebrates on the planet. Mammals, birds, amphibians and fish are inferior in number to invertebrates. Various types of bacteria, worms, and mollusks make up the remaining 97%.

2. Cats are unable to taste sweetness due to the lack of appropriate receptors. According to zoologists, pets who like to eat watermelon and other sugary fruits are simply delighted with their texture. Cats simply love the sound of crunching when they bite into such foods.

3. A tiger’s roar is so powerful that it can even paralyze a person for a moment by affecting their central nervous system through the organs of hearing.

4. Feeling anxious, an elephant calf sucks the tip of its trunk, which has a calming effect on it.

5. Orcas are wise hunters. When a seal or a sea lion resting on an iceberg attracts their attention, killer whales begin to beat their tails on the water. With the waves they create, they try to knock their prey off the surface of the ice floe.

6. Even the expression on the cute face of the sloth seems to indicate its serenity. These animals spend most of their lives in a calm slumber. They can digest food from 5 days to several weeks. How do they manage to hide from offenders and survive? It’s very simple: sloths blend in with the surrounding greenery, thanks to the appearance of algae on their wet fur.

7. The snow leopard is a majestic and graceful representative of the cat family. This large animal with an impressive appetite is actually very cowardly when confronted with an opponent. The snow leopard tries to avoid a collision in every possible way and is ready to give its prey to the opponent even without a fight.

8. Male feline lemurs prefer to resolve conflicts among themselves quite peacefully. Their scent serves as a weapon during such fights. In the fight of animals wagging their tails at each other, the one who can withstand the unique smell of his opponent wins.

9. Vegetarian birds do not mind adding variety to their diet by eating hot peppers. They do not have receptors that tell them that this product is extremely hot. In addition, a bird that has eaten chili peppers for lunch becomes a less attractive prey in the eyes of predators.

10. Nature has rewarded flamingos with an actual white color. However, their wonderful pink color is due to a specific diet, which includes a special type of algae and shrimp.

11. The blue jay is skillfully able to imitate the cry of a hawk. This helps the little bird not only to defend itself against threats, but also to clean up other people’s nests while their owners fly away in fear at the approach of an imaginary hawk.

12. It turns out that there is also a place for romance among insects. Thus, dragonfly bodies form a heart shape during mating.

13. Moray eels are ideal characters for horror movies because they have a menacing second jaw. It extends from their throats, helping to hold on to resisting prey and move it directly into the esophagus.

14. It turns out that bats not only sleep upside down, but also give birth in the same position. In this case, it is also important for the mother bat to be able to deftly grab the baby with her bats so that it does not fall down.

15. Scorpions glow under an ultraviolet lamp. This mystery has long puzzled scientists, but they managed to find out that phthalic acid is to blame. It helps scorpions protect themselves from fungi and bacteria. Now biologists are trying to find out whether it can be useful in human treatment.

From the notes of Canadian naturalist Josh Walters