Animal lovers, here’s something for you! Few animals have one-of-a-kind characteristics that make them so loveable and amazing. Here’s a list of some awesome and amazing animal facts you will absolutely love to learn:
1. Elephant’s trunks contain more than 40,000 muscles!
Elephant’s trunks are made up of more than 40,000 muscles, including more muscles than any other animal. These muscles are used to taste, breathe, lift, curl and hug. Amazing, right?
2. Vampire bats share their food with other bats
Vampire bats are social and share their food with others. Out of 100 bats, 70 would share their food and the unlucky 30, who didn’t get food, would go without. That’s a display of compassion you won’t often find in humans!
3. Gravity-defying cats
Cats have their very own in-built ‘righting reflex’. This reflex helps them to gracefully turn if they fall after losing their balance, allowing them to land on their paws.
4. Turtles are powerful swimmers
Turtles are powerful swimmers! A study by Stenos International has found loggerhead turtles swimming at speeds of around 10.4 miles per hour! With this immense speed, a turtle can cross the English Channel in just 10 hours.
5. Slow but Steady – the Sloth
The slowest mammal on Earth, sloths, can only reach a max speed of .003 miles per hour. They’re slow, but they have a few things that make up for it, like their 8 cm long claws, which help them cling onto branches.
6. Creatures Underwater
The ocean has some amazing creatures too!
- Sea horses – The males are the ones carrying babies in their pouch.
- Pufferfish – These little swimmers can inflate themselves when they sense danger!
- Goblin sharks – These pink-faced sharks can reach more than 12 ft in size.
These animals have surely made the world more fascinating!
