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Fun Animal Facts

Learn interesting and fun animal facts at StuffedSafari.com! Check out these unique, interesting, and sometimes quirky facts about the many animals represented in our huge stuffed animal collection. Grab your favorite plush pal and get ready to learn all about the animal kingdom.
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Alligator Animal Fact Anteater Animal Fact Bat Animal Fact Black Panther Animal Fact Blue Whale Animal Fact Cow Animal Fact Dolphin Animal Fact Firefly Animal Fact Fox Animal Fact Humpback Whale Animal Fact Kangaroo Animal Fact Lion Animal Fact Lioness Animal Fact Mole Animal Fact Ostrich Animal Fact Owl Animal Fact Panda Animal Fact Polar Bear Animal Fact Skunk Animal Fact Snake Animal Fact Spider Animal Fact Tiger Animal Fact Tiger Animal Fact Yorkshire Terrier Animal Fact

Stuffed Safari's List of Unique Animal Information

  1. Alligators can live up to 100 years.
  2. An Anteater is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide.
  3. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
  4. A black panther is really a black leopard.
  5. The blue whale weighs as much as 30 elephants and is as long as 3 Greyhound buses.
  6. Cows can sleep standing up but only dream when lying down.
  7. The average dolphin eats one-third of its weight in food each day.
  8. Fireflies are the only creatures that give off light without generating heat.
  9. The average fox weighs 14 pounds.
  10. Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.
  11. If you lift a kangaroo's tail it can't hop. They use their tails for balance.
  12. An adult lion's roar is so loud it can be heard from five miles away.
  13. The lioness does 90 percent of the hunting for the pride.
  14. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in one night.
  15. An ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed.
  16. A group of owls is called a parliament.
  17. At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about 4 ounces.
  18. Polar bears are the world's largest land predator.
  19. The smell of a skunk can be detected by a human from a mile away.
  20. Snakes don't blink.
  21. There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
  22. Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur.
  23. No two tigers have the same stripes. This is how individual tigers are identified.
  24. The world's smallest dog was a Yorkshire terrier. It weighed only 4 ounces.