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OMGFactsAnimals

  1. People spend 4 times the amount on dog food as they do on baby food.
  2. Cat urine glows in black light.
  3. The ragdoll is the largest breed of domesticated cat in the world, with adult males averaging from 22-25 lbs.
  4. A cat has 4 rows of whiskers.
  5. The red-footed booby is the smallest of the boobies. It feeds at sea, nests on the ground and perches in coastal trees.
  6. Dalmatians are born pure white. Their spots don't appear until they're 3-4 days old.
  7. In the US 12,500 puppies are born every hour.
  8. The cells that make up the antler of a moose are the fastest-growing animal cells in nature
  9. Camel milk is the only milk that doesn't curdle when boiled.
  10. There are only three animals with blue tongues: the black bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard
  11. Bengal tigers are the most water loving of the big cats. They will even chase prey into the water.
  12. A 70-pound octopus can squeeze through a hole no bigger than a silver dollar because it has no backbone.
  13. A beaver can hold its breath underwater for 45 minutes.
  14. Opossums don't really sleep hanging upside down by their tails, as depicted in drawings and cartoons.
  15. Barnacles have the longest penises (relative to body size) of any creature on Earth - up to ten times the length of its own body.
  16. The presence of a goat can have calming effects on horses.
  17. Male birds do most of the singing and they do it to stake our their territory and to invite the female of the species to mate.
  18. Ostriches rarely put their heads in the ground, but when they do they are just looking for water below the surface.
  19. Nocturnal animals can see well at night partly because of a white compound called guanine in the retina.