Vanilla Flavoring is Made From Beaver Butt Goo Fact
Beavers secrete a goo from their butts called castoreum. Castoreum has a vanilla scent and is sometimes used as an artificial flavoring in foods.
Animals
An animal is an multicellular eukaryotic organism from the kingdom Animalia. All life on earth aside from plants and algae are animals including humans.
Mountain Lions, Pumas, Cougars, and Panthers are All the Same Kind of Cat Fact
What is the difference between a Mountain lion, puma, cougar, and panther? There isn’t any. By any name, this “cat of many names” is the same type of cat.
Elephants Are Afraid of Mice Fact
Elephants are essentially afraid of mice, but not for the reasons you might think. Like other mammals elephants, are hardwired to be startled by things that move fast, including mice.
Scorpion Venom is the Most Expensive Liquid in the World Fact
Scorpion Venom is the most expensive liquid in the world costing up to $39 million a gallon. Like other expensive liquids such as penicillin, insulin, patchouli, human blood, cobra venom, and horseshoe crab blood, scorpion venom has medicinal uses.
Turkeys Can’t Fly Myth
The idea that Turkeys can’t fly is a myth. Wild turkeys can fly in short bursts and actually will roost in trees at night. That said, while domestic turkeys can fly in theory, they are typically too heavy to fly in practice.
Cows are One of the Top Emitters of Green House Gasses Fact
Cows are on of the top emitters of greenhouse gases. A single cow on average release between 70 and 120 kg of methane (a greenhouse gas) per year. Meanwhile, there are roughly 1 – 1.5 billion cows on earth as of 2018.
Honey Lasts Forever Fact
Honey is sometimes called the only food that doesn’t go bad, this is mostly true. Honey stored properly will essentially last forever due to its unique chemical composition.
The Square Cube Law Impacts Biomechanics Fact
The square cube law says that volume increases faster than surface area when an object increases in size proportionally. This affects biomechanics (AKA the way organisms are built).
Flamingos are Born Pink Myth
Flamingos aren’t born pink. They are born with gray feathers. Flamingos become pink as the age due to a diet of organisms like shrimp and red algae which are high in pigments called carotenoids.
Spiders Hear Through Hairs on their Body Fact
Although the specifics may be different for different spiders, spiders “hear” (sense vibrations) through hairs and tiny slits distributed over their body.