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Cows produce more milk when listening to slow music.
Call it a moo-d. Researchers at the University of Leicester School of Psychology found that cows produced 1.54 more pints per day—a 3 percent increase—when they were played slow music, as opposed to more upbeat tunes.
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Butterflies taste with their feet.
Not only do butterflies taste using their feet—the receptors on their legs are also 200 times stronger than human taste buds. When a butterfly lands on a plant, they use these sensors to determine whether or not what they're standing on is edible.
The spur-winged goose's diet makes it poisonous.
Don't plan on eating a spur-winged goose if you happen to come across one during your travels. These birds, natives of sub-Saharan Africa, have flesh that's often poisonous to humans, thanks to their diet of blister beetles, which contain the deadly cantharidin poison.
Vampire bat saliva keeps blood from clotting.
Vampire bats do more than just bite their prey—they also keep the other animal's blood from clotting. Their saliva works as an anticoagulant so that the blood can flow freely as they feed.
Here's another fun fact: The protein in the anticoagulant has been nicknamed "draculin." Spooky!
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.
Wombats use their droppings to warn other animals to stay off their turf. Luckily, their cube-shaped poop makes it easy to see that a spot is governed by wombats, as the little squares tend to stay put more easily than spherical droppings would.
Giraffes with darker spots are more dominant.
You can learn a lot from the color of a giraffe's spots.
According to a 2019 study in Animal Behaviour, giraffes with darker spots are more dominant than giraffes with lighter spots. And not only that: Dark-spotted giraffes also tend to be more solitary.
Orcas can learn to speak dolphin.
Groups of killer whales have their own dialects that are further influenced by the company they keep.
A 2014 study published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America revealed that orcas housed with bottlenose dolphins over a long period of time were able to replicate the dolphins' language.
Queen mole rats make other female mole rats infertile.
To ensure her dominance, the queen mole rat works to make it impossible for other female mole rats to have litters. In fact, the queen can produce a substance in her urine that renders other female mole rats infertile.
Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes.
The horned lizard has a pretty impressive trick for evading predators. When a horned lizard finds itself in a perilous situation, it can squirt a stream of blood from its eyes. The predator then runs off, because, well, wouldn't you?
Catfish have taught themselves how to kill pigeons.
Relax, pigeons—it's not all catfish. But yes, in southwestern France, a group of European catfish have learned to kill pigeons, launching themselves out of the water to grab the sunbathing birds.
Primitive crocodiles could gallop.
If you think crocodiles aren't frightening enough, consider this: They used to gallop. While modern-day crocodiles can move surprisingly fast, giant crocodiles during the Cretaceous period could use their legs to chase and kill dinosaurs.
For those of you wondering, this is what it looks like:-
I know no one was wondering, but, anyways
Shared a similar fact about pufferfish, which though extremely poisonous and even fatal, is a delicacy in Japan. Humans!
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Not sure, but, isn't this Mila Kunis? One of my favourite actresses. Love her in Bad Moms and ofcourse the well-neglected Meg.
Maybe this study needs to be conducted on dogs as well. My pup doesn't acknowledge me.
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A group of kittens is called a kindle.
You may associate the word with your Amazon e-reader, but a litter of kittens is also known as a "kindle." And what about a group of adult cats? That is known as a "clowder."
Your cat may be allergic to you.
You already know that a house cat can make some humans stuffy and sneezy, but did you know it can also work the other way around? Sandy Willis, a veterinary internist who advises the American Veterinary Medical Association, explained to Popular Science that many cats not only suffer seasonal allergies to pollen and grass, but in rare cases can actually be allergic to people.
Though, if your cat has a bad reaction to you, it's more likely due to perfume, soap, or laundry detergent that you are using than anything specific to you.