Please tell me animal facts!

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I pulled out a few.

- The most homicidal mammal on earth was found to be the meerkat, with roughly one in five dying at the hands of others.

- Crocodilians are more closely related to birds than they are to snakes, lizards, or turtles.

- Cougars, cheetahs, and snow leopards all can’t roar.

- Hairy frogs intentionally break their toe bones through their skin to function as claws for self-defense.

- Sea cucumbers expel their internal organs out their anus when attacked, which does not harm them.

- Chameleons do not change to color to match their surroundings, but rather to regulate their body temperature and communicate with others.

cats are racist and don't hide the fact they are species supremacists

despite their fearsome reputation, wolverines have been tamed-

Not so much racist as speciest; they recognize the superiority of cats.

And ligers are awesome.

On that note anyone heard of grizzy-polar bear hybrids
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36381785
Since Grizzly bears have a adapted to a wider distribution these hybrid bears could travel all the way down to Canada.
Imagine living in the Canadian suburbs and having Polar bear sized predators rummaging through your garbage bins

Oh yeah, the creatively named "grolar bears".

In a similar vein (lol), the hairy frog breaks its own toes in order to stab would-be attackers with the sharp end.

I have found out one useful thing about pholcid spiders. (That's the extra-spindly ones, AKA "daddy longlegs" or "cellar spiders.") If you scoop one up on a feather duster, it will climb slowly around on the wool in confused manner. By carefully turning the duster to keep the spider on top, you can carry it through the building to the outside. Then just turn the duster over and let the spider climb off unharmed.

Which gives me an excellent idea for a variant on the egg-and-spoon race....