Category
Curiosities category about animals.
63 facts
Animals
2 min read
The absolute record for non-stop migratory flight requires doubling body fat and cannibalizing its own viscera to shed weight.
Animals
2 min read
Discover how this unusual inhabitant of polar seas defied the laws of animal biology by surviving without red blood cells thanks to a giant heart and natural antifreeze.
Animals
2 min read
It has 22 hypersensitive tentacles with which it identifies and devours prey in less than two-tenths of a second.
Animals
2 min read
In the ocean depths, males attach to females until their circulatory systems fuse and they lose their own vital organs.
Animals
2 min read
Far from delivering blind shocks, this fish emits calibrated pulses that force victims to reveal their hiding spots and takes control of their neurons.
Animals
2 min read
Its epidermis features a network of capillary microchannels that pump moisture from sand to its mouth without moving a single muscle.
Animals
2 min read
Discovered the unusual cellular capacity that allows it to withstand up to 18 minutes of absolute anoxia without suffering any brain damage
Animals
2 min read
How a mangrove fish compensates for light refraction and manipulates hydrodynamics to shoot down prey two meters away.
Animals
2 min read
A rodent that breaks biological dogma by using dermal autotomy and rebuilding complex tissues like a salamander.
Animals
2 min read
In less than 100 milliseconds, this primitive fish releases microthreads that turn seawater into liters of suffocating gel.
Animals
2 min read
Able to shut down its metabolism and breathe air, this living fossil can wait for rain for more than five years in an underground cocoon.
Animals
2 min read
In tropical rainforests lives a tiny insect that piles dozens of dead ants on its back to deceive the senses of its greatest enemies.