1. Whales can technically only mate in 3's (Interpret that information in any way you'd like).

2. Mother kangaroos carrying their young are known to fling their babies towards a predator as a means of distraction.

Aaah, a mothers' love.

3. Mantis shrimp have 12 photoreceptors (compared to our mere 3), granting it a type of super color vision.

4. The only two mammals that lay eggs are the platypus and the spiked echidna.

5. Polar bears actually have black skin underneath all that shiny white fur.

6. Japanese honeybees often defend their hives by clustering around enemy hornets and vibrating their flights muscles all at once, generating enough heat to energy cook the intruder alive.

7. In prehistoric times, ants were the size of hummingbirds, due to abnormally high concentrations of oxygen in the air.

8. Daschunds were originally bred to hunt badgers. Now, they have been repurposed to serve as adorable fake hot dogs on halloween.

Cute enough to eat

9. Crows will place unopened nuts in front of incoming traffic, using the weight of cars to crack open their shells.

10. Squirrels are known to dig "dummy holes" in the ground to throw other squirrels off. Apparently, this selfish act of deception often fails, resulting in the growth of thousands of tree saplings annually.

11. Hippos mark their territory by oscillating their tails to disperse their excrement during the process of defecation.

12. Meerkats are very altruistic creatures--if a bird of prey is present, dozens of meerkats will run around as decoys while the weaker individuals run for shelter.

13. The only difference between a liger and a tigon lies in the species of the father: a male tiger and a female lion will produce a tigon, and vice versa.

14. The male penguin incubates the eggs after they are have been laid by the female.

15. Slugs are hermaphroditic.

Now, I know what you're thinking: "I really didn't need to know that!" Yes, yes you did.

16. Scorpions do not have peripheral vision.

17. Sloths will sometimes fall to their deaths after mistakenly grabbing their own arms in place of a branch.

18. Pods of dolphins have been known to protect humans lost at see from sharks.

Can I get an "awwww"

19. A star-nosed mole can determine whether something is edible in 0.1 seconds by olfaction alone.

20. Pufferfish meat is so poisonous that approximately 30% of those who consume it die.