Animals can also be hypnotised. You can easily hypnotise a chicken.
This can be done by putting its head on the ground and drawing a straight line in the dirt from its beak and directly away from it. The chicken will stay in this position anywhere from 15 seconds to 30 minutes.

Honeybees can recognise human faces.
Tests were done where the bees were rewarded for going to the correct face.

Rats can survive getting flushed down the toilet.
Rats are actually very good swimmers. They can also return to the house or building through the toilet.

An orca is a type of dolphin.
Orcas are more commonly known as killer whales, however, they are not whales.

Dogs were not the only animals that travelled to outer space.
Among other animals, Swordtail fish, snails and bees went, too.

Polar Bears are not white, actually their skin is black.
Also, the hairs are translucent. Light rays get scattered when going through the many layers of hair, causing the it to look white.

Chickens cannot actually run around with their heads cut off.
They flop around because of adrenalin in the muscles; this makes it look like they are running.

Jellyfish can evaporate completely if left in the sun for too long.

Some penguins can jump up 6 ft.
Most penguins are also very short.

Shrimp cannot swim forwards- only backwards.
Crayfish and lobsters are also only able to swim this way.

Hippos are the most deadly animals in Africa to humans.
They kill more people every year than all other animals in that continent combined!

Rats can last longer without water than camels.
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All animals can dream, except for the spiny anteater.

The scale of 1 dog year to 7 human years is not very accurate.
Small dogs usually live longer than big ones, and it depends on the nutrition and health care the dog receives.

Snails have teeth, and can have as many as 25000.
However, they will not bite you.

Chickens can fly.
The longest ever recorded chicken flight was 13 seconds long.

Lemmings do not commit suicide by falling off cliffs.
Lemmings are short sighted and cannot see where they are going. Because of this they sometimes end up walking off a cliff.

The most dangerous animal to humans is the Arrow Poison Frog.
It contains the most powerful poison known.

Centipedes have up to 350 legs, but millipedes can only have 700.

A female peacock is called a peahen.

Slugs have 4 noses.

Earwigs don't crawl into your ear, eat your brain, and kill you.

All pupils are not rounded. Goats' and Octopus' pupils are actually rectangular.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.
This means that they cannot make any sort of sound with their their throats or mouths.

If a cat falls from below the 8th story of a building, it has 30% less chance of surviving.
It takes about 8 stories for the cat to realize what's happening, and correct its position to take the shock of its fall.

Starfish don't have brains.

Elephants are the only animals with four knees.
All other animals with four legs have joints that bend in opposite directions, like our elbows and knees.

Mules won't sink in quicksand, but donkeys will.
Mules are made from breeding a female donkey with a male horse. Mules cannot reproduce.

The anteater, spiny anteater, and scaly anteater are all unrelated.

An ostrich's brain is smaller than one of its eyes.

An iguana, for some reason, can commit suicide.
The only other animal capable of suicide is a human.

Rats are the second most destructive mammals.
The first most destructive animal would be a human.

The Daddy Longlegs is not poisonous to humans.
Also, the Daddy Longlegs' fangs are too short to bite us.

The female lion does 90% of the hunting.

Bats can't see at night; they use echo-location to find their way.
They are not blind; they just have very poor sight.

Hamsters usually don't blink with both eyes at once.

Pigs and humans are the only animals that want to drink hard liquor.

No animal can see in total darkness.
No light rays can reach their retina and the light sensors at the back fo their eyes.

All porcupines can float.

Fish can cough.

People are not allergic to animal hair.
They have allergic reactions to proteins found in animal oil, saliva, and urine.

Dolphins do not sleep with both eyes closed.
One eye is always open.

Cats can hear ultrasound; they can hear dog whistles.
Cats don't have the same reaction as dogs do; that is why this is such a common mistake.

All polar bears are left handed.

Elephants can swim very well.
They have been found swimming many miles from land in the Indian Ocean.

It is impossible for a pig to look up at the sky (unless it is picked up).
A pig's physical structure makes it unable to raise its head.

A koala's fingerprints are almost identical to human ones.
At crime scenes they are sometimes mistaken to be human.

One sort of dog (Chinese crested) can get acne.

Chameleons change their colour to suit their mood - not their surroundings.
Blind chameleons will also change colour.

Mountain goats are not goats, they are a sort of small antelope.

A grasshopper has white blood, not red.

Butterflies taste with their feet and drink with their mouths.

The biggest living organism on earth is not the blue whale, but fungus.

Humans are not the only animals that cry.
When an elephnat dies, other elephants will bury him with leaves and twigs and cry for a while.

Bullfrogs never sleep.

Ostriches do not bury their heads in sand.
Thousands of ostriches have been studied for 80 years and not a single ostriched has ever even attempted to bury its head.

Flying squirrels don't really fly, the glide on flaps of skin.

Purple finches are not really purple, but a crimson colour.

Deer don't eat hay.

Snowshoe hares are omnivores and will eat rotten meat.

Flying fish cannot fly, they glide over the water.
They do so to escape predators in the sea. Sometimes when leaping out they are caught by fishermen or birds.

You are more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than a shark.

If a mouse eats too much cheese, its blood pressure will rise and it will die.

Rattlesnakes do not always rattle before they strike, like when catching mice and other prey.
They also do not neccessarily strike after rattling; they rattle as a warning for the intruder to leave.

Owls cannot move their eyes, but they can turn their heads 180 degrees instead.

Mosquitoes have teeth- 47 of them.

Toads have very small teeth, but frogs do not have any.

Frogs can drink and breath through their skin.

Frogs shed their skin regularly, and eat it.
They pull it off like a person would take off a sweater, slipping it over their head.

A duck's quack does actually echo.
It is a common misconception that it does not. This is because ducks rarely fly in areas where there are objects off of which the sound could bounce, like cliffs.

Mosquito repellent does not repel mosquitoes, it hides your smell and blocks a mosquitoes sensors.
However, mosquitoes can also track people by the carbon doixide they give off while breathing.

Tigers not only have striped fur, but striped skin as well.

Emus and Kangaroos cannot walk backwards- they are on the Australian seal because of this.

Fish can drown.
Fish extract oxygen from water instead. If there is not enough oxygen in the water, they can drown.

Every living thing needs air to survive.
This includes fish, plants, and bacteria.

Some birds do not migrate in the winter because their is a problem with their genetics, not because some people leave their bird-feeders out.
It is in the birds' genes to migrate, and does not depend on how much food there is.

It is not safe to feed a dog a raw chicken or turkey bone.
The bones can splinter or scratch the dog's stomache. It can also be contaminated with harmful bacteria. Even tiny bones should be avoided.

Dragonflies cannot walk, even though they have legs.

Lions cannot be kings of the jungle as they do not live in jungles.
Lions are found in plains and in safaris.

Spaying or neutering a pet will actually make them healthier.
This does not make the pet lazy and studies have shown that spayed or neutered pets usually live longer.

Leopards can jump 18 ft straight up.

Bats are very clean animals and very few carry rabies, just like most other mammals.
Most rabies related deaths are caused by dogs.

Goldfish are not meant to be kept in bowls.
Bowls are too small for goldfish- their growth will be stunted, they can easily jump out, and do not have enough surface area for oxygen exchange.

Some parrots can absorb ultraviolet light with certain types of feathers and reemit it at longer wavelengths.
This makes their heads glow to other parrots.

The daddy long-legs spider is a real spider.
Daddy long-legs can also refer to the harvestman, which is an arachnid, but not a spider. Neither are poisonous to humans.

Rattlesnakes gain a rattle each time they shed, not once a year.
They can shed several times a year.

Elephants have abnormally large brains.
Even compared to their size, their brains are considered big. They are also very intelligent animals.

Leaf cutter ants do not eat the leaves they collect.
They grow a fungus on the leaves, and eat the fungus.

Pet pythons cannot eat their owners.
Even a very large snake would not be able to open its mouth wide enough.