Random and possible interesting facts! Share yours!!

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Cows have regional accents depending where they are from. They also have best friends and can be distressed if separated

Elephants can purr like cats
Pigeons mate for life
Whale milk is so high in fat it’s like the consistency of toothpaste

Playing a b flat on a tuba can cause arousal in alligators (wonder how they found that out)

Most mammals take about the same time to have a wee -around 21 seconds. The larger the animal the larger the urethra and therefore although there's more pee, it comes out faster.

I shared this on another thread so apologies if you already read that but-

More time separates stegosaurus and T-Rex ( the dinosaur not the band) than separates T-Rex and the iPhone.

Hedgehogs enjoy masturbation. They will curl up and suck themselves off. Regularly seen by anyone who owns a male Pygmy hedgehog. Luckily I never spotted mine doing it

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance and they usually live for 40 years.

And a 70yo female flamingo has laid her first egg.

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

Reindeers eyes go blue in the winter and gold in the summer so they can see better. No other animal does this.

Butterflies taste with their feet, and will happily feed off blood if they need to.

The loudest animal in the world is a mere 2cm long, prawn. The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping its claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Concorde’s sonic boom.The shock wave can reach 230 decibels, also louder than the sound of a gunshot. The imploding bubble for split seconds also generates temperates of 4,400C, nearly as hot as the sun, killing its prey.

A group of penguins is called an improbability of penguins 🤔

Dolphins are known to pass puffer fish around the group to deliberately get high off their toxins.

(can you tell I know a lot of animal facts)

I believe with sea horses it's the males that give birth

My fave is a group of ladybirds 🐞 is called a Loveliness 🐞❣️❣️❣️

That's my go to fact as well!!