1. Male platypuses have poisonous spurs and female platypuses lay eggs instead of giving live birth
2. Coyotes eat other already dead coyotes
3. Rats can see things only visible to the human eye when using UV lights. As a matter of fact most animals including birds are able to see like this as it helps them in daily life.
4. Dolphins can tell wether an object four miles away is made of steel, wood, plastic or rubber by using echolocation
5. A breed of bird creates nests made out of it's own saliva in caves, these nests can be sold for very high prices
6. Scientists aren't really sure why cat's purr seeing as they purr when they're sick, happy or even feeling awkward
7. While we're on the subject of cats the ancient Egyptians had a strange superstition that if a cat ran out of a burning building the flames would follow after it. This is a reason for why Bast, the Egyptian cat goddess is a patron for firefighters.
8. Rats can grow to be the size of cats but this is usually when they're wild, a feral rat the size of a large cat was found in Iceland. Domestic rats are able to grow perhaps the size of a chihuahua.
9. In Africa there is a temple where rats are considered sacred, the hundreds of rats live here happily and if an albino or white rat is seen here it's considered to bring good fortune.
10. I swear this is my last fact about rats, I just love them so much though! Anyways rats are very clean despite the common myth about them being disgusting. As well as being clean rats are super intelligent, it's possible to train them to come to there name and walk on a leash.
11. Capybaras are the world's largest known rodents, they can grow to be the size of sheep and live just about all their lives in water so much in fact that when they were first discovered it was thought that they were a fish. This is also the cause for one of their nicknames, Water Pig.
12. Melanism is the opposite of albinism, melanistic animals are all black. Melanistic Guinea Pigs are very rare.
13. Polar bears have clear hollow fur while their skin is black.
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No FicciónI love strange things, how about you? Well here's a list of fun facts that I will add to when I feel like it. These facts might also appear on my brother's Youtube channel. Always feel free to ask for me to do facts on a certain topic. Plus I mig...
