Pulled from all over the web, here's a bunch of facts you probably didn't know about animals.
Some weird, some funny, some absolutely amazing, a few kinda gross, but all TRUE!

Skunks can shoot their bad-smelling spray only about two yards, but you can smell it up to two and a half miles away.

The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly at a speed of 168-217 miles per hour.

Whether an alligator is a male or female is determined by the temperature of the nest where the egg is hatched – 90 to 93 degrees will make it a male; 82 to 86 degrees will turn it into a female

An electric eel can produce a shock of 600 volts. That’s enough to stun large animals – even knock a horse off its feet.

A Giant squid's eye can be as big as a basketball.

Cows can sleep standing up

Some frogs can pull their eyes into their throat and help push food down!

Elephants purr like cats do, as a means of communication

Hummingbirds flap their wings between 50 and 70 times a second!

The snapping shrimp, only 1 1/2 inches long, makes a noise with its one big claw, which sounds exactly like a firecracker.

Starfish can have up to 16 arms!

Sometimes birds show anger towards humans by taking out its feelings on other birds nearby, because they are too afraid to attack humans.

Theodore Roosevelt was the U.S. President with the most pets, including a lion, hyena, wildcat, five bears, and many more!

A female seahorse lets her husband store her babies inside his stomach!