List of Funny Animal Facts

Animals can be strange creatures, so it’s not very surprising that there are many facts surrounding them that many humans find rather humorous. Did you know, for instance, that kangaroos can’t walk backwards? Because of their bulky tails and strangely shaped legs, they will fall over if they attempt to walk backwards. There are some pretty funny facts about insects as well. Mosquitoes have 37 teeth---it seems hard to believe, doesn’t it?

Here is a list of many funny animal facts, many of which may actually surprise you.

• Cats actually have more than a hundred different vocal sounds, and dogs can only make ten or so.
• Chimpanzees can recognize themselves in the mirror; monkeys cannot.
• Woodpeckers can peck approximately twenty times a second.
• People spend more money on pet food every year than baby food.
• In ancient Egypt, families would mourn the loss of a pet cat by shaving their own eyebrows off.
• Male lions actually mate an average of fifty times a day whenever the females in the pride are in heat.

• Pekingese dogs were very sacred in ancient China. They were kept by the emperors as beloved pets.
• Mother giraffes give birth while standing up, and baby giraffes can be up to six feet tall when they’re born!
• Domestic cats are the only animals that can hold its tail vertically straight when walking. Wild cats either keep theirs tucked in or curled.
• Although it’s poisonous snakes that most people fear, more people end up dying from poisonous bees than snakes!
• There are more bugs in just one square km of rural land than there are humans in the entire world.
• French poodles didn’t originate in France.
• Turkeys didn’t originate in Turkey.
• Cheetahs can chirp like a bird. The sound is so loud that it can be heard up to a few km’s away.

There are many other funny facts and interesting trivia about animals out there. Hopefully this list gave you an idea about all the strange things possible in the animal kingdom and insect world!