Tell me something I do not know about animals or everyday life

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Tell me something i don`t know.

Did you Know that elephants also hear through their feet.
Sloths can swim.
Having a clean tidy home improves your mood.

Sting rays can recognise people's heartbeats, even if they have not been in the same area for years. If they trust the person they will go closer and are happy to be patted on their backs.

When a bee stings you it's like a barbed harpoon that gets stuck on your skin, when it pulls away, it's digestive tract stays put in the stinger, ending the bees life. Thus protecting the hive.
Selfless eh

Forget -me-know flowers have yellow centres, but when a bee has visited it, it fades to pale yellow/white so as to communicate that there's no point going to that flower; the pollen has already been taken.

A barnacle’s penis can be anywhere between 8 to 40 times its body length.

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Rabbits
...purr (by grinding their teeth)
...cant vomit
...80% of females get womb cancer within five years, hence neutering is essential
... teeth grow 2-3mm a week, eating hay keeps them short
...do two different types of poo: the normal currant ones you know about and tiny squishy smelly dark grapey ones (called caecotrophs) that you shouldn't see as the rabbit eats them. Bit like cows PP mentioned, this is how rabbits get the nutrients from their diet

See, I totally see this. Badger’s pad in The Wind in the Willows is so cosy…

Wish I was a horse; I hate being sick!

The worlds biggest spider weighs more than the worlds smallest monkey

It’s a potentially fatal problem for them if they eat something that’s bad for them though.

Otters have a little pocket that they keep a favourite rock in and then they use the rock to open shellfish 🦪

Sloths don't have square poos. Are you confusing them with wombats??

Oh I see. Well I wouldn't want that.

It goes to show that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Nothing to add but I love this thread!

It's your eyelashes that you need to worry about 🤢

You'd hate dying from colic even more!

Another horse fact- at gallop, their strides and breathing are linked with every stride being a breath.

And they walk on their fingertips!

Stroking a cat and listening to its purring lowers blood pressure and reduces your heart rate. Particularly beneficial for people who have had cardiac surgery.

Yes, so I have gathered from Errol.
Perhaps the ability to vomit is a blessing after all!

Sorry, that is to @Pansypots

We so need a 😲 emoji on MN! 😲

The worlds biggest spider weighs more than the worlds smallest monkey

And it's currently living in my log basket🕸🕷🕸

A cloud weighs around a million tonnes. A cloud typically has a volume of around 1km3 and a density of around 1.003kg per m3 – that's a density that’s around 0.4 per cent lower than the air surrounding it (this is how they are able to float).
Leftover pasta has extra health benefits. That's because it contains more resistant starch than fresh pasta, thanks to the effect of cooking and cooling on the pasta starch's structure. Resistant starch has been linked to improved blood sugar control and better gut health.
All halibut are male until they reach 45 inches, then they change to female.
You can’t hum if you’re holding your nose.
Ducks quacks don't echo.

@MoonWoman69 "You can't hum if you are holding your nose" - how many of us have just tried that!

Female seahorses pass the eggs to the male as soon as they have been fertilised, they then bugger off and leave him to it. He keeps the eggs in a kangaroo-like pouch on his chest, incubates them and then gives birth to baby seahorses.

I know!!! I had visions of you all trying to do it when I typed that! 🤣🤣🤣