Fleas can jump 350 times its body length.

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

Crocodiles cannot stick their tongue out.

Starfish do not have a brain.

Slugs have 4 noses.

Only female mosquitoes bite.

Polar bear skin is black.

The only mammal capable of flight is the bat.

A newborn kangaroo is the size of a lima bean.

Every dog has a unique nose print with no two alike.

Cats have 32 muscles in each ear and 4 rows of whiskers. 

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

A snail can sleep for three years.

The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.

Slugs have four noses.

Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

It is possible to hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and gently stroking its stomach.

It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food.

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.

Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The loudest animal in the world is a mere 2cm long, prawn. The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping its claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Concorde’s sonic boom.

Flamingos are not pink. They are born grey, their diet of brine shrimp and blue green algae contains a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that makes their feathers pink.

Otters “hold hands” while sleeping, so they don’t float away from each other.

The Inland Taipan (also known as, the Western Taipan) is the most venomous snake in the world. A single bite contains enough venom to kill at least 100 fully grown men, and can kill within just 30 minutes, if left untreated.

The worlds deadliest animal isn’t a shark, bear or tiger, but something far smaller – the mosquito. According to the World Health Organization, 725,000 people are killed each year from mosquito-borne diseases, such as Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.

The horned lizard is able to shoot blood from its own eyes, up to a distance of 3 feet away. The rather bizarre and disgusting act is a defensive mechanism to confuse predators.

Roosters prevent themselves from going deaf due to their own loud crowing, by tilting their head backs when they crow, which covers their ear canal completely, serving as a built-in ear-plug.

Little is known about the elusive Giant squid, however the largest squid ever found measured over 50 feet and weighed nearly a tonne.