Dolphins use toxic pufferfish to ‘get high’.ĭolphins deliberately handle pufferfish causing them to release toxins as a defence mechanism. They often do this when retreating away from flowers.
Hummingbirds are the only known birds that can also fly backwards. Otters “hold hands” while sleeping, so they don’t float away from each other.Ĥ. They are born grey, their diet of brine shrimp and blue green algae contains a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that makes their feathers pink.įlamingos in zoos often lost their colouring, until zoo keepers supplemented their diets. The imploding bubble for split seconds also generates temperates of 4,400C, nearly as hot as the sun, killing its prey. The shock wave can reach 230 decibels, also louder than the sound of a gunshot. The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping its claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Concorde’s sonic boom.
The loudest animal in the world is a mere 2cm long, prawn. The loudest, deadliest, fastest, largest, most bizarre and random, are all here in our big animal fact list.ġ. This includes some of the most asked, fun, surprising and crazy animal facts from across the animal kingdom. Here’s our big list of the 101 greatest animal facts.
