Researchers from Universite Libre de Bruxelles, found that cockroaches have their own personalities and even display different character traits. They are simple animals, but they can make complex decisions on survival, and one cockroach’s decision can actually sway another’s.
City raccoons are very intelligent and have learned to adapt to their urban environment by opening doors and trash bins.
Leopards are solitary animals that prefer to hunt and live alone. They can eat prey that are twice their size.
The average sloth travels only 123 feet per day.
An American alligator can orient itself to the ripples created by a single drop of water, even in complete darkness. This is because their faces and bodies are covered with tiny bumps that are far more sensitive than our own fingertips.
Elephants have the longest known pregnancy of any animal, lasting up to 680 days. They are born with an advanced level of brain development.
Frogs can’t swallow with their eyes open.
Sea scallops have about sixty eyes. They can be a bright blue color and help the scallop detect light, dark and motion.
Some baby whales are actually born with hair. Most species born with hair usually lose it over the first several weeks after birth.
Koalas have human-like fingerprints; in fact, they are almost identical to human ones. Not even careful analysis under a microscope easily distinguishes the loopy, whorled ridges on koala’s fingers from our own.
