20 Weird Facts That Will Make You Appreciate All Wildlife

Life is often full of trivia as much as it is the weird and wonderful. Into the Wild attempts to combine the two to brighten up your week by bringing you the top 20 strangest and most random animal facts we could find!

1. A flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down.
2. Dolphins sleep with one half of their brain by closing one eye at a time.
3. Snails can sleep up to three years in one go.
4. The tongue of a blue whale weighs more than most elephants.
5. All polar bears are left handed.

6. Bats always turn left upon exiting a cave.
7. Rats can last longer without water than a camel.
8. Crocodiles are unable to stick their tongues out.
9. Ants do not sleep or have lungs and outnumber humans a million to one.
10. Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.

11. Cows from different areas moo in different accents.
12. Goats and octopus both have rectangular pupils.
13. Horses can't vomit.
14. Bulls are color blind.
15. Snakes do not blink.

16. A pig will have an orgasm for 30 minutes.
17. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
18. Killer Whales are actually a species of dolphin.
19. Female koala bears have two vaginas.
20. A blind chameleon will still turn the colors of its surrounding environment.

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By Maria Sowter