Zoology

Reindeer is the only member of the deer family where both males & females grow antlers

Bowhead whales are the longest lived mammal, living over 200 years.

Raccoons are city-dwellers. Occurring at a higher density in urban areas than rural

The hump on a camel's back serves as a storage depot for fat, not water. This fat provides energy reserves for the camel when food is scarce, particularly in arid environments. When the fat is metabolized, it produces both water and energy

Asian Elephants are more related to extinct mammoths than their African cousins

Octopusi have three hearts; two pump blood to the gills while the third pumps to the heart

Axolotls have remarkable regeneration abilities.

Only 80 in 4000 tadpoles survive to become a froglet.

Sea otters hold hands to keep themselves from drifting away

The tongue of the woodpecker wraps around its skull to cushion the impact when it pecks at trees.

Tardigrade can live 30 years without food, followed by olms which can live for 10 years without food

Some species of fish can change sex during their lifetime, a phenomenon known as sequential hermaphroditism

Some turkeys can spontaneously impregnate themselves through a process called Parthenogenesis, where unfertilized eggs develop into viable offspring, and these offspring are always male.

Osteophagy is the practice where herbivores (particularly ungulates) consume bones, antlers, and horns to supplement their diet with essential minerals. Herbivores may also practice geophagy (eating soil) or coprophagy (eating dung) for the same purpose