50 Beautiful Facts About Cute Animals Which Will Make You Go “Aww” – Part 3

The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid in South America. Its marks resemble that of foxes, but they are neither a fox nor a wolf. It is the only species of the genus Chrysocyon (which means “golden dog”). These wolves are also commonly mistaken for “El Chupacabra.”

Pangolins are the only mammal with keratin scales. They are nocturnal, and they eat mainly ants and termites. They are the most trafficked mammal in the world, feeding the market for pseudoscience products. All eight species of pangolin are either vulnerable, threatened, or critically endangered. 

The ears of caracal kittens do not become active until the third or fourth week after birth.

Marine iguanas have a mutualistic relationship with lava lizards, as the lizards often scurry over them to hunt flies. As the iguanas are herbivores, they rely on the lizards to remove the flies.

Hazel Dormice spend a large proportion of their lives sleeping - either hibernating in nests on the ground in winter, or in a state of torpor (curls up into a ball and sleep) in summer. They are also nocturnal on top of it all. You can also hear them snore. 

Due to the height of their mother's, baby giraffes endure a 5-6 feet drop straight to the ground when they are born.

Sea Otters' lung capacity is about 2.5 times greater than that of similar-sized land mammals, making its body highly buoyant in water. 

The eyes of the blunt head tree snake make up approximately 26% of its head. 

A Thorny Devil is a type of lizard native to Australia. They eat insects and defend themselves with their spines

Remoras eat scraps of prey dropped by the shark. They also feed off of parasites on the shark's skin and in its mouth. This keeps the shark happy because the parasites would otherwise irritate the shark.