Please tell me animal facts!

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a conundrum: does he get half the penalty for killing half a grizzly, or does he get double the penalty for killing something even more rare...


The canadians need to hire some finns to shout at the bears so they run back up.




A swede will do in a pinch, tho.

The Hairy Frog from central Africa is also known as the "Wolverine Frog" (after the X-Men character) for its habit of extruding jagged bone claws through its fingertips when threatened. The finger-bones appear to be deliberately broken- scientists don't yet know if and how the frog retracts and heals them. The male frogs have "hairs" sprouting from their sides and legs. The hairs are made of skin, and can absorb oxygen like gills. This helps the male breathe when he stays in the water to guard the developing eggs after mating.

The familiar red fox, and gray fox, have normal sized ears because they live in the temperate zone.

The arctic fox has small ears to conserve heat in that environment.

The fennec is a fox that lives in the Khalihari Desert of southern Africa, and consequently has large ears to help dissapat e body heat in that hot environment.

And...like other foxes it apparently makes a good pet, and...as you can see....it packs more cuteness than...the human body can withstand!

check out kangaroo birth - blew my mind!!

My Molly fish changed gender.

The "spider" that gets cursed in the film of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is actually an amblypigid. Often called "whip-spiders" or "tailless whip-scorpions," they're evolutionary cousins to the spiders and scorpions. They're wide and flat to squeeze into cracks, and they have no venom. They can get pretty big- some are large enough to hunt lizards.

Amblypigids walk on only six of their eight legs- the front pair of legs have become extremely long, thin "whips" that they move around to sense prey. The pedipalps (the extra limbs that arachnids have sticking out of their heads) are also long, but very robust. They have an "elbow" joint that can bend 180 degrees, and clawed "hands" at the ends. When the whips sense that the prey is in the perfect spot, the pedipalps snap out and back, grabbing the prey and holding it to the creature's mouthparts.

Some people keep them as pets.

I was surprised to learn that many well-known butterflies only walk on four legs.

Brush-Footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) are a large family of butterflies. Their front pair of legs are very short and held flat against the body or curled up. Often the legs have turned into little brush-like appendages. Many of the big, showy butterflies are brush-footed: Red Admirals, Peacocks, Monarchs, Morphos, Painted Ladies etc. After I found that out, I took a close look at various visitors to a buddleia plant, and yes, only four visible legs!

nope...their two front legs are reduced so are used kind of like appendages rather than support.

Orb weaver spider's web in Missouri USA big enough to catch a human