Category Archives: Strange Animal Facts

Stuff You Never Knew About The Shark As sharks don’t have bones, only cartilage, when they die the only parts that remain are their teeth. A shark bite can generate 40,000 pounds per square inch of pressure. But don’t worry too much only 20 of 350 species are known to attack humans. A great white shark […]

Stuff  You Never Knew About The Shark   It’s a fact that you are more likely to be bitten by another person than by a shark, be careful who you hang around with not where you go swimming. Shark teeth have been used to make tools and weapons for centuries. There is a species of shark […]

Stuff  You Never Knew About The Stingray Stingray venom is actually only mildly toxic and causes muscle cramps. It is very painful but not usually life-threatening unless a vital organ is hit, as was the case with Steve Irwin. Barbs from stingray tails have been used for weapons in the past including spearheads and arrowheads. […]

 Stuff  You Never Knew About The Ostrich Its biological name is “Struthio Camelus” a word from the ancient Greek meaning camel sparrow. Something to do with its long neck, maybe the ancient greeks had never seen a giraffe? If they had surely they would have given it a different name. Ostrich is a member of […]

 Stuff  You Never Knew About The Stingray From the family of cartilaginous fishes which includes sharks, stingrays have electrical sensors called ampullae of Lorenzini, used to sense electrical charges given off by potential victims. When courting a female, the male will chase her, and continually bite her pectoral disc. Rays have been known to keep […]

Stuff  You Never Knew About The Crocodile Crocs don’t actually use their webbed feet for swimming, they tuck them into their side and swim with that mighty tail. They do however use them to make sudden directional changes. A highly accomplished predator, several croc species have been observed attacking and killing humans and even sharks. A […]

Stuff  You Never Knew About The Crocodile Crocs are often seen on the river bank with jaws wide open, this is how they cool down, crocodiles sweat through their mouths! Maybe that’s why they have such bad breath? Only 1% of crocodile offspring survive their first year, the others are eaten by predators, including adult […]

Stuff  You Never Knew About The Snakes Jumbo fact…The venom from a king cobra is extremely strong as you might expect from the world’s largest venomous snake. It’s so strong it can actually kill an elephant. Snake in the woods (joke)…Two guys are hunting in the woods, one of them goes behind a bush to answer […]

Stuff  Your Never Knew About The Ostrich A herd (about 12) of ostriches has one dominant male and one dominant female. She will only mate with him but he mates with other females as well. An ostrich can live to the age of 30 or 40 in the wild. If you fancy an ostrich egg […]

Stuff  Your Never Knew About The Crocodile The back skin or “hornback” is covered in bones (called osteoderms) and has been used by some tribal people as protection against spears, arrows and even bullets. The word crocodile originates from the Ancient Greek word crocodilos, which means “lizard.” Crocodiles have a much more powerful bite than caimans […]