- Vultures are filthier than you can imagine.
They urinate on their legs and feet to cool off on hot days — a process called urohydrosis. Their urine also helps kill any bacteria or parasites they’ve picked up from walking through carcasses or perching on dead animals. - Penguins have a gland above their eye that converts salt water into fresh water. How useful would it be if our kind could do that same!
- Almost every cartoon illustrations of rabbits you see are wrong. Rabbits don't have those pink pads on their paws. Only fur.
- One of the most beautiful of insects is also the most bloodthirsty. Butterflies will devour blood given the option.
- Here is a double standard! Roosters deafen themselves temporarily every time they crow so they don’t damage their own hearing.
- Bees have five eyes.
Two are complex like a fly's and three simple eyes like a spider.
The two main eyes are called compounds because they're made from tons of little subunits called ommatidia. Together, these eyes provide an image for them.
The three simple eyes are ocelli and function not to provide images, but for day/night cycles, seasons, and to some extent orientation. - Army Ants are also architects! During floods, they will create "balls". The ball will roll on the water as it moves, allowing every ant to get a breath.
- Woodpecker tongues wrap around the back of their brains. This helps the brain stay protected during high-speed pecking.
- Sloths are literally too lazy to go looking for a mate. A female sloth will often sit in a tree and scream until a male hears her and decides to mate with her.
There are heights to laziness!
10) This one is my favourite and the scariest.
We started with penguins. We will end with them — as they end themselves.
Penguins are the weirdest animals present. Some of the emperor penguins do this strange thing that even the scientists are stumped.
Once in a while, a penguin will leave its colony and head towards the interior of the continent (Antarctica). It will leave food, water and safety behind.
Possibly to leave Earth forever.
Most scientists believe that the penguin is depressed and is committing suicide. Others point at the possibility of a fungal infection similar to the cordyceps infection, potential signs of brain tumours, or other medical conditions the birds are exposed to.
No autopsies have been performed yet on these rogue creatures.
Until then, we can never unravel this mystery.
Source: Reddit