11Trichoplax
Trichoplax is an animal with just a few thousand cells. It can regenerate from very small group of cells, and if the cells are split apart, they can find each other and join back together.
12Osama Bin Laden
An elephant named Osama Bin Laden was responsible for at least 27 deaths. After a 2-year rampage, the elephant was eventually shot, but some were doubtful if the right animal was killed.
13Rebecca
In 1926, a raccoon named Rebecca was sent to the White House to be served for Thanksgiving dinner, but the Coolidge family kept her as a pet instead.
14Joey
A joey is born at a very immature stage when it is only about 2 cm long and weighs less than a gram. Immediately after birth it crawls up the mother's body and enters the pouch. The baby attaches its mouth to one of four teats, which then enlarges to hold the young animal in place.
15Bush Baby
The Bush Baby gets its name from its distinctive call, that sounds like a wailing child. The call inspired a myth about an animal that would kidnap children who wandered outside at night.
16Tree Shrews
The Malaysian pen-tailed tree shrew subsists on a diet roughly equivalent to 100% beer, drinking the fermented nectar of the flower buds of the bertam plant. This nectar can reach up to 3.8% alcohol content. Despite this, they don't appear to get drunk.
17Miniature horses
Miniature horses are considered service animals under The Americans with Disabilities Act and are used for people with a fear of dogs.
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18Winter Animals
Some interesting facts about animals in winter: Hibernating woodchucks only breathe 10 times an hour. Owls store frozen voles and sit on them to thaw/eat. Arctic foxes are thermoneutral down to -112ºF. Polar bears have hollow hair that brings the sun’s heat to their black skin. Black bears lose 40% of the pre-dormancy weight.
19Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian Devil will fly into a maniacal rage when threatened by a predator, fighting for a mate, or defending a meal. Early European settlers dubbed it a “devil” after witnessing such displays, which include teeth-baring, lunging, and an array of spine-chilling guttural growls.
20Coyotes
Coyotes use their howls and yipping to create a kind of census of coyote populations. If their howls are not answered by other packs, it triggers an autogenic response that produces large litters.
