So basically, we’d look like we stepped right out of Japanimation?
Just like humans, cats are generally right-handed or left-handed. Most cats, however, are southpaws.
And my personal favorite-cats do not need to be housebroken. Mama Cat shows her kittens where to do their business in the litterbox.
:dubious: How would anyone know that?
When geckos think they are about to be caught or harmed, they can release their tails from their bodies to flee. The tail will continue to wiggle for several minutes afterward. The lizard will regrow its tail.
And, Marge,…Geckos Giggle. (Or make a sound Like a giggle. Used to always have a few living with us, in Hawaii (Dey’s Good luck) Our favorite was named…Wait for it…“Buddy”…Buddy Gecko… 
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A strange and amusing animal fact pointed out to me by another doper in another thread: Horses are physically unable to vomit.
Cows allegedly can survive on nothing more than water, newsprint and urea. :eek:
I’m pretty stunned at how smart the octopus is. In labs they’ve been known to crawl out of their own containers, crawl over to another container, take food from it, close that container, crawl back to their own, and close their container lid. They seem to have good memories and may show evidence of observational learning.
They’re also good at mazes and opening jars.
The adult platypus is smaller than you think. It’s been my experience that most North Americans think the platypus is a medium-sized animal, like muskrat/raccoon/otter size. Nope. An average size would be about a foot long, which surprised me - I thought they’d be bigger. But, boy, aren’t they cute.
Koalas and wombats are social as younguns, then become more and more solitary as they age. They like to know that there’s another koala or wombat in the area, but they generally keep to themselves. This is why wombats, especially, don’t make good pets. But I will say that the wombat is the cutest thing I’d ever seen - I’d give my eyeteeth for one. And they’re a solid animal. They’re not huge (maybe small to medium dog sized) but they just seem to have a good deal of mass. Very solid. But very cute.
Everyone knows that Australia has 'roos. Some even know that there’s two kinds: the red and the gray. However, the land of Oz has a ton of different kinds of wallabys, which, while separate species, look a lot like miniature 'roos (in differing sizes, depending on the type). There’s roos everywhere (sorta)!
the dolphins’ are prehensile.
A giraffe’s tongue is 21 inches long and prehensile. Just ask Giraffe
Dolphins are also the only animals, alongside humans, who engage in recreational sex.
An adult humpback whale’s testicles weigh more than a ton and its penis is more than 10 feet long.
Where does one find a jock strap that large?
Scorpions glow under blacklight! (It’s very cool to see.)
That thing about humans and dolphins being the only animals to do the nasty for fun isn’t true. The master speaks on the topic
Bonobos do as well.
An octopus can lift ten pounds of weight for every one pound of body mass. That means those 50 pound octopi at the aquarium need at least a 500 lb. weight on the lid of the tank! Probably even more just to be safe.
I had forgotten about this!! Yes, it is very cool! I was once on an entomological trip in the desert where, at night, we used portable blacklights to attract moths. I took one of the lights on a wander out across the desert and was surprised at all the glowing scorpions.
I was surprised to read that a significant portion of a cow’s nutrition comes only indirectly from what they eat. More directly, it comes from the bodies of the bacteria that thrive in their first stomach. I don’t know what percentage of nutrients the bacteria represent, but as long as you feed the cow something that the bacteria can digest, the bacterial portion of their feed would be the same.
Oh, I read the following in a Star Trek novel. I’m prepared to have someone tell me it’s untrue. --> You can get a cow drunk by feeding it apples. The apples ferment and produce alcohol in their stomach.
And, man, those are big beavers. My dog only weighs 68 lb. and she’s hard to lift.
Dolphins are also the only animals, alongside humans, who engage in recreational sex.
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Bonobos, also known as the pygmy chimpanzee engage in recreational sex, and they don’t care about gender.