Here are some of the most peculiar and unusual facts about some mammal species.
1.) Musk Ox
- Who’s got the toughest skulls in the world? Musk Oxen can repeat head bangs up to 20 times at 32 km/h. Ouch!!!
- The urine of this unusual animal produces a smell so revolting that it can water your eyes.
2.) Wolf
- Wolves howling a night scare people but in reality they are more scared of us than we are of them.
- When people hear a wolf howling, they think the wolf is out to get them. That is why they believed in werewolves, even though there has never been a healthy wild wolf killing a human in
- Wolves work as a team. They use teamwork strategy to slay prey eight times bigger than they are.
3.) Vampire Bat
- This bloodsucking has to drink more than its own weight in blood everyday just to survive. If a Vampire Bat is a human; it’s like a human drinking a bathtub's worth of blood.
- When they suck blood, they draw blood out of the toughest skin of animals such as horses and cattle.
4.) Pig
- Pigs are amazing animals. They can paint a picture and recognize different tastes because they have 20,000 taste buds.
- Although pigs are known in many cultures as a symbol of prosperity, in reality, it is a very greedy. They are voracious eaters but they have been known to be very picky eaters and actually have quite small stomachs.
5.) Rabbit
- Rabbits are known as symbol of luck. Rabbits are also associated to playboys because they can start a new family every month.
- Physically, they are amusing leapers. They can jump twice as far as the best Olympic jumpers.
6.) Tasmanian Devil
- Among mammals, the Tasmanian Devil is a multiple birth record holder. In a single litter, it can give birth to 30 pups, but only four usually survive.
- They are very aggressive and a mating Tasmanian Devils is more like fighting for a male and female.
- These animals are among the most voracious eaters in the animal world. They can eat 40% of their body weight in just half an hour.
7.) Polar Bear
- Polar Bears are amazing weightlifters. They can take down something three times their own weight.
- To experts, it is still a big mystery how Polar Bears survive the winter without answering to the call of nature.
- During hibernation, the female Polar Bear loses 30% of her bodyweight.
- The Polar Bear’s snout is one of the most sensitive. Its can catch the smell of a seal hiding under three feet of thick sea ice.
8.) Bear
- Bears are popular animals because Teddy Bears are popular stuffed animals. However, they are campers’ worst nightmare.
- Brown Bears are the heavyweight champions of the mountains. They can lift as much as 450 kg.
- Bears are ridiculous animals. They will destroy cars for the smallest amount of food.
- Bears are among the most dangerous animals in the world. The odds of being killed by a bear are only 2 in 1.8.
9.) Elephant Seal
- Male Elephant Seals fight a bloody battle for over 50 females.
- Female Elephant Seals will put on an extra 270 kg while being pregnant, and starves until the pups are born.
- Male Elephant Seals are five times bigger than a female.
10.) Lion
- Male Lions are lovable and caring fathers despite their ferocious appearance.
- A male takes care of 20 cubs.
- For thousands of years, lions were a worthy opponent for even the strongest men.
- When the male gets lazy, the female does all the hunting.
- Lions are the only cat that hunts in groups. Among their prey include baboons, Cape buffalo, elephants, gerenuk, hippopotamuses, impala, kudus, ostriches, rhinos, warthogs, wildebeests and zebras.
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