No matter how mundane of a body part it is, at some point along the evolutionary line, it appeared for the first time. Something as basic as eyes, blood, or even brains stop existing if you go far enough back in history. The same goes for the butthole. An animal’s rear passage can be a …
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Do you know these fantastic fun facts? There are a lot of unknowns on this list, so you could learn some new ones, too! German chocolate cake doesn’t come from Germany but was named after Sam German. He created the baking chocolate for Baker’s in 1852. Before it was called Pride and Prejudice by Jane …
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Do you know these national park fun facts? There are so many more that didn’t make this list, but how cool do these sound? The oldest park east of the Mississippi River is Acadia National Park. This park was also the first instance in which land was donated to the federal government. There are more …
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Many animals do not fare particularly well in captive settings, like zoos or aquariums. The enclosed spaces, lack of activity, and hordes of hairless apes coming to gawk at them can quickly start wearing on their nerves. And then there’s this ocean sunfish who loved it all so much that it got depressed when its …
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Some animals are carnivores, while others are content to munch on leaves and fruits. You can usually tell fairly quickly whether an animal eats plants, other animals, or both. Yet, sometimes nature throws a curveball at you. Certain animals do not eat at all what you’d expect. Perhaps they’re real gourmands who go only for …
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Long-distance flying is stressful for people, but it’s even more so for pets that have no choice but to travel by plane. All the noise, the people, the weird smells… there’s plenty on a plane for an animal to dislike. Imagine, then, how Mittens must’ve felt when she made three flights within 24 hours — …
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We humans (and our ape relatives) are somewhat of an outlier in the animal kingdom in that we have no tails. Although we’re not by any means the only tail-less creatures, many animals do sport a tail. And if an animal has a tail, it must have some purpose. In many, if not most, cases, …
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You can usually predict what kinds of animals you can see in a given environment. A desert will likely have lizards and scorpions, a northern forest will probably have a moose or two, and so forth. Sometimes, however, you may come across an animal living in a completely unexpected place. It may be due to …
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Losing your child, especially in their infancy, is the worst tragedy a parent can experience. Faced with such tremendous grief, it can be almost impossible to let go of your dearest. That doesn’t go just for humans, either. An orca pod living off the U.S.-Canadian coast in the Pacific got a welcome Christmas present this …
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In general, drugs are not good for you. But they’re even worse if you’re not even a human being that’s supposedly meant to consume them. That’s why vets are quite concerned over an alarming trend — more and more pets are ingesting drugs. A recent study examined the rates at which pet owners were calling …
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