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Sharks have no bones.

Their skeletons are made of cartilage, the same flexible tissue in human noses and ears.

Electric eels are not eels!

They’re actually a type of knife fish and are more closely related to carp and catfish.

Mountain goats are not goats!

They have a completely different genus called Oreamnos, meaning “mountain lamb”.

Aligators are closer related to birds

Than they are to lizards!

Japan have vending machines that sell live beatles

Tasty!

Koalas have fingerprints

They’re even indistinguishable from humans!

A goat was once arrested in Nigeria for armed robbery.

Locals believed a man transformed into a goat to escape capture.

A dog was elected mayor four times in Cormorant, Minnesota.

Duke the Great Pyrenees served from 2014 to 2018!

Turtles can breathe through their butts. 🐢😮

It’s called cloacal respiration—handy during hibernation.

A shrimp’s heart is in its head. 🦐❤️🧠

Technically, it’s located behind the brain—but still, wild.

There’s a species of spider that can cartwheel away from danger. 🕷️🤸

The flic-flac spider lives in the Sahara and flips to escape predators.

Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated. 🐄💔

Bovine bonding is real—and measurable.

There’s a species of jellyfish that can live forever.

Turritopsis dohrnii resets its life cycle when stressed.

Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.

Up to 40 minutes, thanks to their slow metabolism.

You can hear a blue whale’s heartbeat from two miles away.

It’s the size of a small car.

Sharks existed before trees. 🌳🦈

They’ve been cruising the oceans for over 400 million years.

Wombat poop is cube-shaped.

Helps it stay put and mark territory.

Octopuses have three hearts.

Two pump blood to the gills, one to the rest of the body—and it stops when they swim.