Dogs have two sets of teeth, just like humans. They first have 30 “puppy” teeth, then 42 adult teeth.

The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows.

People in Victorian Britain who couldn’t afford chimney sweeps dropped live geese down their chimneys instead.

Female fish fake orgasms to make males think they have copulated. The female then swims off to fin a better partner.

When possums are playing ‘possum, they are not “playing.” They actually pass out from sheer terror.

A bald eagle lost her beak after being shot in the face by hunters. Engineers designed for her a 3D printed prosthetic.

Macaque monkeys in Japan have learned to steal wallets, take coins out, and buy snacks or drinks from vending machines.

Many animal shelters do not allow black cats to be adopted in October for fear that they may be tortured or sacrificed.

When the “Elephant Whisperer” Lawrence Anthony died, a heard of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.

The world’s smallest winged insect is the Tanzanian parasitic wasp. It’s smaller than the eye of a housefly.

The biggest dog on record was an Old English Mastiff that weighed 343 pounds. He was 8 feet, 3 inches from nose to tail.

To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs — it will let you go instantly.

When Washoe, first chimp to use sign language, was told her caretaker’s baby had died, she signed, “CRY”.

Hedgehogs are known as the gardener’s friend, because they will eat slugs, beetles, caterpillars, etc., and do no harm.

Henry III had a pet polar bear which he kept in the tower of London and let out for swims in the Thames on the end of a rope.