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Give me weird animal facts


I like finding out weird facts about animals. Here's some I know.

1) killer whales are closer to Dolphins than great whales, but like dolphins, are still classified as whales (toothed whales)

2) polar bears are classified as marine mammals, just like dolphins, because they live on water (albeit frozen)

3) Cookie (June 30, 1933 – August 27, 2016) was a male Major Mitchell's cockatoo residing at Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was believed to be the oldest member of his species alive in captivity, at the age of 82 in June 2015, having significantly exceeded the average lifespan for his kind

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July 8, 2020 Wednesday 1:40 p.m.

Despite not being found living in North America any longer, lions and camels are native to the continent, believe it or not.

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yes, NA is considered the root locale for all big cats, i believe

part of the laurasiatheria radiation

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July 8, 2020 Wednesday 2:10 p.m.

You just taught me something new. I did not know that. 👍

In one of the Cherokee stories, I can't remember which one, the setting is more than 500 years ago in what is now the present day U.S. state of North Carolina. There's mention of big black panther cats habitating in the area though are rarely seen. There's always some degree of truth in such accounts.

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i think panthers were endemic in the southwest, at one time.

florida still has a few couple of hundred left - highly endangered.

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July 8, 2020 Wednesday 1:45 p.m.

Hummingbirds are the only known species of bird to be able to fly completely backwards without having to turn around.

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The Capybara is the largest member of the rodent family. And they freak me out. https://youtu.be/SCwcJsBYL3o

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They look like a giant guinea pig. They have a reputation as one of the friendliest animals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez5rcRvNQ9g&t=12m28s

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I've seen them at a zoo and they really look like a giant rat. It creeped me out. I all could think of was this movie. https://youtu.be/WrZ6yBmIkac

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I love capybaras! They are famous for getting along well with humans and other animals.

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If you were to take all of the insect life on Earth and put them together in one single stack...well you're a just damn weirdo.

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the whales' closest terrestrial relation is the hippo

grey wolves have ancient dog dna

polar bears diverged from brown bears only within the last 500,000 years

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A group of zebra is a dazzle.

A group of rhinos is a crash.

Koala's fingerprints are so close to humans that they can taint crime scenes.

Although hyenas are somewhat similar to dogs, they are neither part of the dog (or cat) family. They have a family of their own called Hyaenidae


Oh yeah...totally forgot to mention that wombat poop is cube shaped.

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but as part of feliformia, hyenas are closer to cats than wolves/dogs/bears

feliform vs caniform

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliformia

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Seals rape penquins.

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Oh, THAT explains the statue I saw at the Portland Museum of art!

http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/MWEBimages/IMAGES/PERMANENT%20COLLECTION/2015/2015_0170_0001AB_02_PT.jpg

No, really, I saw this in person. I was in Portland, Oregon, it was a rainy day, and THAT met my eyes.

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LMAO, I can't believe someone made a statue of that!

Here’s the video of that poor penguin being violated, to this day we don’t know if the penguin was male or female!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABM8RTVYaVw

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Yeah, I saw a .gif of that when I was looking for pictures of the penguin statue. ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!

We have humans like that, and all I can say behavior like that that is not an evolutionary advantage for either species.

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water possums are the only marsupials where both sexes have a pouch.

the male uses his pouch to protect his genitals while swimming.

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that's weird & wonderful

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