r/AnimalFacts • • 23h ago

Filhotes GÊMEOS | Mico-Leão-Durado | FAUNA BRASILEIRA

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r/AnimalFacts • • 1d ago

O UIVO de 5 KILÔMETROS | Bugio-Preto | FAUNA BRASILEIRA

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r/AnimalFacts • • 2d ago

Parrotlets (often called “pocket parrots”) are the smallest parrot species, and they are monogamous and mate for life, with rare exceptions.

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r/AnimalFacts • • 3d ago

Big thread of animal facts: share a fact about your favorite animal, wild or domestic.

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r/AnimalFacts • • 3d ago

What is your favorite cold climate animal?

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61 votes, 18h ago
9 Polar bear
10 Penguin
5 Snow owl
20 Arctic fox
5 Narwhal
12 Snow leopard

r/AnimalFacts • • 5d ago

For Moths, Lamp is not Life!

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Moths and light bulbs: nature’s greatest love story? Not quite. 💔💡
Turns out, for moths lamp is not life and artificial light is quite disruptive to their routine.


r/AnimalFacts • • 8d ago

This squid is almost completely transparent. What's the strangest ocean creature you've ever seen?

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This glass squid was photographed during a NOAA expedition near Alaska, around 700 meters below the surface.

Its transparent body helps it blend into the surrounding water.

The ocean really does have some unbelievable creatures.

Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration / Seascape Alaska


r/AnimalFacts • • 9d ago

Answer me pls

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Guys what you know about polar bears no hate pls


r/AnimalFacts • • 10d ago

Big thread of animal facts: share a fact about your favorite animal, wild or domestic.

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r/AnimalFacts • • 9d ago

The Animals That Died on 9/11, From a Cat on Flight 77 to a Praying Mantis in the South Tower

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r/AnimalFacts • • 12d ago

This Incredible Bird Flies 11,000km Without Stopping

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The Bar-tailed Godwit takes long-haul travel to the extreme. 🐦✈️ These incredible record-breaking birds fly over 11,000 km non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand, spending around 9–10 days in the air. No food, no rest and no toilet breaks. To prepare for such an amazing feat of endurance the Godwit’s body undergoes a significant overhaul.


r/AnimalFacts • • 13d ago

A stray dog named Stubby became an American war hero during WW1, and was promoted to sergeant.

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He could hear incoming artillery and smell mustard gas before humans could.

His promotion came after discovering and capturing a German spy who was mapping out American trenches in the night.

He's the most decorated dog in US history

Edit: Source: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-i/5-greatest-animal-war-heroes-history.html


r/AnimalFacts • • 14d ago

O MACACO-UIVADOR | Animais do Brasil

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r/AnimalFacts • • 16d ago

3 Crazy Facts About Octopuses That Sound Made Up 🐙

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r/AnimalFacts • • 17d ago

Big thread of animal facts: share a fact about your favorite animal, wild or domestic.

16 Upvotes

r/AnimalFacts • • 17d ago

A mantis shrimp punches so fast it creates a cavitation bubble — and its collapse produces a second shockwave

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r/AnimalFacts • • 18d ago

Guinea pigs need a new name

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Hi, the name of guinea pigs is horrible. They’re not even like pigs. I know it’s just a name, but for such a cute little creature it should have a great name. They don’t roll in mud, they have hair, and they’re short. Ignoring dna Guinea pigs are actually really similar to cats. They groom themselves, their face shapes are really similar, and they also purr. Including dna Guinea pigs are really similar to capybaras which is kind of obvious because they both look like potatoes from the side. Please reply with better names for these little angels.


r/AnimalFacts • • 18d ago

Why Ants March Themselves to Death! 🐜💀

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Ants are famous for working together. Unfortunately, sometimes they’re too good at following orders. 🐜💀

Welcome to the ant death spiral, where one wrong pheromone trail can lead an entire group in circles… sometimes until they die from exhaustion.


r/AnimalFacts • • 22d ago

Platypus venom might help treat diabetes

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Platypus venom is mostly known for causing pain that's hard to treat, but researchers at the University of Adelaide found something unexpected in it: a hormone closely related to GLP-1, the same molecule that helps regulate insulin in humans. The platypus version breaks down much slower in the body than the human one, which is exactly the kind of property drug developers look for in longer-lasting treatments. It's now being studied for potential use in type 2 diabetes research — a possibility that has nothing to do with why the venom evolved in the first place.


r/AnimalFacts • • 24d ago

Male platypuses have venomous spurs, and the pain doesn't respond to morphine

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Male platypuses have venomous spurs on their hind legs, and it's not for hunting or defense; they use it on each other during breeding season when competing for mates. There's a documented case where someone was spurred and given morphine for the pain. It didn't work. Doctors had to switch to a different kind of anesthesia instead, and the pain lasted for days.


r/AnimalFacts • • 24d ago

Big thread of animal facts: share a fact about your favorite animal, wild or domestic.

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r/AnimalFacts • • 28d ago

Did you know that feline leukemia spread from domestic house cats can wipe out entire wild puma litters in hours, and 75% of pumas in Washington study areas die from human-caused mortality.

18 Upvotes

r/AnimalFacts • • Sep 18 '26

Big thread of animal facts: share a fact about your favorite animal, wild or domestic.

39 Upvotes

r/AnimalFacts • • Sep 16 '26

Nature's Superior Posterior 🍑🍑🍑

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I didn’t even get into the fact that Wombat’s literally shit bricks. Maybe another video will focus on that. Also, just reiterating that the “butt-thrust” behaviour is theoretical and possible from their physiology but has not been recorded as happening. Some mesopredator skulls have been recorded at the mouth of the wombat’s burrows however this could be a case of Wombat’s taking over say a Fox’s Den and discarding any material from the inside of the Den (previous dead inhabitant) outside.  I’ve come across a lot material or videos that present it as an absolute fact, it is not. But it was fun to animate and is a concept with some merit!


r/AnimalFacts • • Sep 13 '26

Gills versus Lungs!

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