Land creatures. Land and water creatures. Close-up photos of animal eyes. Fun Animal Facts for Kids - Crazy, Cool, Funny, Amazing, Interesting. The weirdest and wackiest animal discoveries of 2011. As the year draws to a close, here's a look back at some of the weirdest animal discoveries of 2011.
From the "aflockalypse" to zombie caterpillars and our own set of animal superheroes, it's been a wacky ride. 1. Zombie ants The year was a big one for zombie insects. Reports of mind-controlled ants and caterpillars were enough to creep out even the least squeamish. In May, in the journal BMC Ecology, researcher David Hughes from Pennsylvania State University reported that a parasitic fungus infects forest ants to fulfill its bidding.
Another report in September found the genetic culprit that sends caterpillars to the treetops, where they liquefy and rain infectious death down on their peers. 2. This year started with a bang as scores of birds fell from the skies in January. 3. In a wacky feat of genetic engineering and a stem-cell switcheroo, researchers created the first mouse baby from the genes of two male mice — a mouse that literally has two dads. Top 10 weird wildlife: immortal jellyfish, gender-swapping fish and pink dolphins. Bizarre Animal Traits: 9 Creatures With Incredibly Strange Characteristics (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Care2. 25 Cool Obscure Animals. I love animals and have watched more nature documentaries than I can count.
But one thing that bugs me is that the same handful of cliched animals appear in most of them. You know what I'm talking about: lions hunting wildebeasts, sharks eating seals, bears eating salmon, crocodiles eating zebras. There are so many other interesting animals out there. Here are 25 of them. Like the title says, they're cool in my opinion, and they're relatively obscure, even to animal geeks like me. 1. This carnivorous bat has a wingspan that can reach up to almost three feet, making it the largest bat in the new world. Also known as: Linnaeus's False Vampire Bat, False Vampire Bat, Spectral Vampire Bat 2. Pistol Shrimp have one larger claw that they can snap together with such force that it creates a pressure wave strong enough to kill nearby fish.
15 Fun Animal Facts about interesting pets wildlife animals. Have you ever wondered how fish communicate?
Or why you just can’t shake those pesky mosquitoes? There are so many things that we still don’t know about our friends in the animal kingdom, but we learn new, fun, and weird animal facts all the time. Check out these facts about animals, mammals, insects and more. Then share some trivia of your own in the comments! 15 Weird Animal Facts. Animals - Strange and Interesting Facts. Currently there are 115 facts about animals.
Camels have three eyelids. A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Hummingbirds are not only the smallest birds but are also the only birds that can fly backwards. Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. 25 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know About Animals. Amazing Animals & Their Unique (while Sometimes Bizarre) Traits. 10 Amazing Animal Abilities. Animals We all know that animals love to put us humans to shame when it comes to amazing abilities.
But that’s fine—we can be humble about it. I mean, if we really considered ourselves animals, our intelligence alone would put us quite high on this list – but not at the top. So what could be better than supreme intellectual capabilities? Well, keep reading: I guarantee a few of these strange and amazing animal abilities will pique your interest. Borneo Hills Ninja Slug Ibycus rachelae to the fancy folks, this semi-slug (it has a shell, but it’s too small to retract into it) was discovered in a mountain forest in Sabah, Malaysia. Another curious ability: the ninja slug can shoot calcium carbonate ‘love-darts’ into potential mates. Self-immunizing Opossum The most well-known defensive trait of the common North American opossum is its overwhelming instinct to simply fake death when confronted with danger.
David Mizejewski: Animal Eyes are Odd. This week's Animal Oddities post is all about animal eyes.
Recently, Treehugger did a story on the subject and it made me realize how strange-looking the eyes of animals are, and how different they can be from one species to the next. Eyes, of course, are the parts of an animal's body that it uses to see its surroundings, and they come in many different shapes, sizes and abilities. Some animals see in full color, some only in black and white. Some animals see ultraviolet parts of the spectrum not visible to humans. Some animals have eyes that face forward and provide binocular vision and depth perception, while others have eyes on the sides of their heads to see what's behind them as well as what's in front of them (not surprisingly, predatory animals typically have front-facing eyes while prey species have side-facing eyes).
No matter what kind of eyes an animal has, there is something more to them than just tools providing the sense of sight. Crocodile Eye.