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45. The smell of a skunk is powerful enough for a human to smell it up to 3.5 miles (5.6 km) away.
The foul smelling spray from a skunk can also cause skin irritation and even temporary blindness.

46. The most venonmous fish in the world is the 30cm Stonefish.
Stonefish have 13 sharp fin spines on their back, each with two venom glands. Their stings are extremely painful, can be lethal to humans, and mostly occur as a result of stepping on the creature.

47. Only 5% of cheetah cubs survive to adulthood.
A study in the 90’s in the Serengeti found that 95% of cheetah cubs died before reaching adulthood. Many deaths were due to Lions, but also other predators and disease.

48. A tigers rear legs are so powerful, that they have been found remaining to stand even after death.
Tigers have been witnessed to have been shot, bled out, and died – and remained standing throughout.

49. A Rhinoceros‘s horns are made of ‘keratin’, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails.
Some species of Rhinos have two horns, while others just have a single horn.

38. The dementor wasp paralyses cockroaches with venom to its head, turning them into a zombie-like state. The toxins leave the cockroach unable to control its own movements, which incredibly makes it run into the wasps nest to meet its demise.
The venom is thought to cut brain activity that makes cockroaches sense fear and run away to safety. The dementor wasp will then lay eggs on the cockroach to act as an incubator for its young.

39. More than half of all pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China.
There are over 440 million pigs in China. United States in comparison has a mere 73 million pigs.

40. Polar bears have jet black skin under their white fur coats.
It helps them absorb heat to keep warm, while the white fur helps provides camouflage in the snowy and icy environment they live.

41. Giant anteaters consume up to 35,000 ants and termites in a single day.
They use their long sticky tongues to slurp up hundreds of ants per minute. Interestingly, anteaters purposefully never destroy an ant nest, preferring to leave some ants alive to rebuild, so it can return and feed again in the future.

42. The little known pangolin is the worlds most poached and trafficked animal.
This is due to the high demand of their scales and meat in Asian cultures. 70% of Chinese citizens believe pangolin products have medicinal value, when its been scientifically proven to be false.

28. The male seahorse goes through pregnancy and gives birth to babies. They are the only animal on earth where the male carries the baby rather than the female.
The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies—as many as 2,000 at a time.

29. Pufferfish can contain a tetrodoxin, a toxin that is up to 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide to humans. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.
Amazingly despite this, some pufferfish meat is considered a delicacy in Japan. The meat called Fugu, is expensive and only prepared by licenced chefs with over 3 years of rigorous training who remove toxic parts of the meat for diners.

26. The Giant Pacific Octopus has 3 hearts, 9 brains and blue blood.
They are also able to change their colour and texture to camouflage themselves in a blink of an eye.

27. A flea can jump distances 200 times their body length.
They are able to jump 10 inches (25cm) vertically and up to 18 inches (45 cm) horizontally, making them one of the planets best jumpers relative to its size. It’s equal to a human jumping as high as the Empire State Building in New York.

21. The longest living, verified animal is a Madagascar radiated tortoise, which died at an age of 188 years in May 1965.
However, there might be even older. Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise, died at an estimated age of 255 in March 2006 in Alipore Zoo, Kolkata, India. If verified, it will have been the oldest terrestrial animal in the world. 12

22. The fastest land animal on the planet is a cheetah. It can reach speeds of up to 75 mph (120 kph).
While the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird, with a diving speed of 242 mph (389 kph). The fastest animal in horizontal flight is the brazilian free-tailed bat, which can reach speeds of 100mph. The Black Marlin is the fastest sea animal, and can swim up to 80 mph (130 kph).

24. The Nile crocodiles jaws can apply 5,000 pounds of pressure per square inch – the strongest bite of any animal in the world.
A human’s jaw produces 100 pounds of pressure per square inch in comparison. A crocodiles bite is 10 times more powerful than that of a great white shark

25. Axolotl are able to regenerate lost limbs and body organs.
Mexican walking fish can regrow the same limb up to 5 times, and even regenerate parts of its brain.

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A cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson.