26Deer-Monkey Relationship
Deers in India (who are red-green colorblind) take advantage of the better-sighted langur monkeys by staying near them and learning the monkeys’ alarm signals for when they spot predators which are dangerous to the deer.
27. There is an introduced bison population on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake that is different enough genetically from most farmed bison that it is used as one of the main genetic sources for reestablishing bison populations in the wild in North America.
28. Baking soda and dish soap (hydrogen peroxide) can be used to remove the smell of skunk spray. The oxygen molecules from the hydrogen peroxide bond with the thiols compound present in the skunk spray, completely neutralizing the odor.
29. The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois used to clean its particle accelerators with a ferret named Felicia, who would run through the tubes with cleaning supplies attached to her and was rewarded with hamburger meat.
30. Martens cause an estimated $65 million in damage to cars in Germany each year by chewing on rubber and plastic components.
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31New Zealand Animals
In 2016, New Zealand announced its plan to eliminate rats, possums, and stoats in the whole country by 2050 to protect the country’s endangered flightless birds including kakapos.
32. Wolverines are real animals and they are weasels, not canines. They are the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. The Marvel character Logan Howlett was given this name because of his “short stature, keen animal senses, and ferocity.”
33. Otters have the densest fur of any known mammal, with a density of up to 1 million hairs per square inch with a large male sometimes having as many hairs as 800 million on its entire body.
34. Naked Mole Rats effectively “turn into plants” in low oxygen situations by switching their metabolism from glucose to fructose, which was thought to be only used by plants. Also, naked mole-rat queens can sexually repress males she doesn't want to mate with and can also keep the rest of the colony from undergoing puberty, too.
35. Tree shrews in Borneo use pitcher plants as their toilet. The tree shrews feed on the nectar on the leaves and deposit their feces into the pitcher plants, which the pitcher plants then use as a source of nitrogen; an element they wouldn't acquire easily without the shrews.
