Animal Facts
Here are some interesting facts I found..
Some male frogs in the rain forest, who send messages by drumming with their feet are the sole caretakers of their young.
After the mother lays eggs, the father guards the nest and carries his kids on his back until they’re old enough to fend for themselves.
Orphaned chimpanzees are adopted by their aunts, older siblings, or other members of their tribe who teach them how to find natural antibiotics,
avoid poisonous plants, and build tree nests.
Baboons are very family-oriented and have conducted "sit-ins," blocked traffic, and thrown rocks at cars after their youngsters were struck and killed by vehicles.
Dogs study human faces to read our expressions, which help them communicate with their guardians and anticipate their guardians'' plans.
Pigs wag their tails when they''re happy, and mother pigs in nature build nests from twigs to give birth in.
Every sheep has a different face, and flock mates can recognize each other, even from photographs and even if they''ve been separated for years.
Alaskan buffalo have been observed charging down hills and sliding across icy ponds, bellowing with delight, and then climbing back up the hill to do it again.
When truly content, rabbits will softly grind their molars in a way that makes them sound like a cats purring.
A typical cat spends over 10,000 hours of his or her life purring.
Octopuses collect bottle caps, attractive stones and other finds from the ocean floor and decorate their dens with them, repositioning an object if it doesn’t seen to suit the design.
Mother cows have crashed fences and traveled for miles to reunite with calves sold to other farms.
Pigs like good sleeping weather: when given the chance, they adjust the thermostat to keep their environment at 80 degrees during the day and at 60 degrees at night.
Ringed seals build snow caves above their breathing holes in the ice to protect their young from predators.
Prairie dogs speak to one another in a complex language which includes nouns and verbs that has different dialects depending on where they’re from.