Animal Facts

100% real animal facts from Field Zoologist Dr. Brad Gooseberry

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#DYK The Mary River turtle grows algae on its shell, creating a small patch of land currently going for $2.6 million in South Vancouver.

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@thordiakow Hey Thor #DYK the fastest horse could run 70km/hr? The only thing it couldn't outrun was its seedy past. https://t.co/1h5aHzL6XV

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#DYK the Japanese Macaque is the only mammal that recognizes the value of a warm bath, a glass of white wine, and a Nicholas Sparks book.

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#DYK a cat named Stubbs has been Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska since 1997, and has allegedly embezzled almost $33 million in municipal funds.

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#DYK that the Sloth Bear is technically neither a sloth nor a bear, but a lie told to us by the Devil Satan to test our faith.

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#DYK when you see a Grey Squirrel you're actually seeing the same squirrel over and over? Her name is Cynthia and she's just a sweetheart.

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#DYK the tapir is the inspiration for the dream-eating Baku spirit, when in reality its diet consists soley of nightmares. #WorldTapirDay

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#DYK the pangolin is an endangered mammal with unique keratin scale armour and powerful claws, which evolves from a Sandshrew at Level 22.

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#DYK the bower bird builds and decorates an elaborate nest to attract a mate and you can't even bother to text yours back in a timely manner

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#DYK populations of the Feather Starfish are at an all time low due to poaching by smugglers, private owners, and burlesque dancers.

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#DYK the crested gecko's natural habitat is the sleepover, where it is known to most frequently ask what you're thinkin' 'bout. https://t.co/f0h1ZD71Q0

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The adorable crested gecko.

(Photo: Melvyn Yeo)

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@AaronVicBC @Pepperoni_Salad Distance is nature's Photoshop.

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#DYK the California Condor is critically en- JESUS. God that's... wow. Yeah that's something huh? I mean... yeesh.

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#DYK the wattle cup caterpillar's spiky exterior protects it from nature's deadliest predator: a broken heart. And also birds. https://t.co/wnCfDfgd3H

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The crazy looking wattle cup caterpillar has an extremely painful sting.

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#DYK if you tried to lay out every blood vessel in a jaguar's body end to end you would go to jail

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#DYK the Dumbo Octopus "flies" through water using ear-like fins, and will return in 2019 with a Disney live action reboot by Jon Favreau.

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#DYK even though baby hedgehogs are roughly the size of a tater tot, you should never put them in your mouth.

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#DYK the lyrebird is one of nature's most incredible impersonators, but its Whitney Houston is terrible and the talent show is NEXT WEEK.

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#DYK the Bear Cuscus is capable of simultaneously remembering every embarrassing thing it said or did in high school with perfect accuracy.

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#DYK on this day in 631 St Patrick defeated Queen Serpentia of the Scaled Empire in single combat, as the Prophecy foretold #StPatricksDay

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#DYK that Tree Sloth is the fourth most populace sloth behind the Ice Sloth, the Deep Sea Sloth, and the mighty Sky Sloth.