Amazing Animals Facts — Surprising Wildlife Facts for Everyone

The Killer Whale ( Orcinus orca ) is the fastest sea mammals. It speeds through the ocean at 45 kilometers per hour (km/hr). The killer whale hunts fish and larger mammals. It has a mouthful of pointed teeth shaped to hold slippery food  like squid. A killer whale is also known as the Orca. They hunts in packs. So also known as wolves of the sea. Killer whales are regarded as apex predators, lacking natural predators and preying on even large sharks.  Like dolphins, orcas use echolocation i.e. bouncing sound off of objects to determine their location  to hunt and use a series of high-pitched clicks to stun prey. Orcas are very fast swimmers. They can swim up to 30 mph Recent studies have found that orcas are among the most contaminated marine mammals in the world. Pollution and chemical contamination make orcas more susceptible to disease and likely cause reproductive difficulties. The IUCN currently assesses the orca's conservation status as data ...

The white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus also known as the Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon, Columbia sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, and California white sturgeon. It is the largest freshwater fish in North America and is the third largest species of sturgeon, after the Beluga and the Kaluga. The white sturgeon has a slender, long body, head and mouth. This fish has no scales; instead it has large bony scutes that serve as a form of armor. A sturgeon's taste buds are located on the outside of its mouth. The underside is a clean white. It can smell food with four barbels, used for sensing food, near its huge toothless mouth.  White Sturgeon can live to be over 100 years old. White sturgeon in the Kootenai River are at such a low level that they were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1994.  In addition to overfishing, dams constructed along the Columbia and Snake Rivers have also become a threat to sturgeon. Tribal fishery managers ...

Lice (singular: louse)  Pediculosis capitis or head lice. The order has traditionally been divided into two suborders, the sucking lice (Anoplura) and the chewing lice (Mallophaga)the Mallophaga are paraphyletic and four suborders are recently recognized: Anoplura: sucking lice, occurring on mammals exclusively. Rhyncophthirina: parasites of elephants and warthogs. Ischnocera: mostly avian chewing lice- one family parasitizes mammals. Amblycera: a primitive suborder of chewing lice, widespread on birds. Most lice are scavengers, feeding on skin and other debris found on the host's body, but some species feed on sebaceous secretions and blood.  Head lice are tiny insects that live on the skin covering the top of your head, called the scalp.  They are not dangerous and do not cause any bodily harm.  Lice can be spread by close contact with other people.  Head lice infect hair on the head. Tiny eggs on the hair look like flakes of dandruff. However, instead of ...

A jellyfish is 98% water. Jellyfish also known as jellies or sea jellies or a stage of the life cycle of Medusozoa are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria.  Medusa is another word for jellyfish.  Jellyfish are classified in the phylum Coelenterata, which means they have a very simple body with a large center mouth where food comes in and waste goes out. Jellyfish have tiny stinging cells in their tentacles to stun or paralyze their prey before they eat them. Sea turtles relish the taste of jellyfish.  Jellyfish are invertebrates and don't have a backbone. All jellyfish sting, but the stings of small specimens and those with short tentacles often are not painful to humans. Even dead jellyfish can sting. One of the smallest adult jellies is the Australian Irukandji, which is about the size of a fingernail. The lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata, were long-cited as the largest jellyfish. The rarely-encountered deep-sea jellyfish Stygiomedusa gigantea is another...

The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal. Over short distances, it can sprint upto 112 kms per hour. The cheetah has long, slim, muscular legs, a smal, rounded head set on a long neck, a flexible spine , a deep chest, special pads on its feet for tractio, and a long tail for balance , distinctive tear stripes that stretch from the corner of the eye to the side of the nose.. They use tail to help them steer and turn in the direction they want to go. like the rudder of a boat. Cheetahs are found in open and partially open savannas.  They usually prey on small mammals and birds. The cheetahs are tan in colour with black spots all over their bodies.  Males are territorial. Males mark their territory by urinating on objects that stand out, such as trees, logs, or termite mounds. The whole coalition contributes to the scent. Males will attempt to kill any intruders, and fights result in serious injury or death.  Females' home ranges can be very large and a territory ...

The bear with the goggles/spectacled . The spectacled bear is the only bear species in South America. It has black fur with a beige-coloured marking across its face and upper chest, though not all Andean bears have ' spectacle' markings. They look just like glasses. Each bear's spectacle pattern is different. It is the only remaining short-faced bear. Others species died out thousands of years ago. The spectacled bear is an excellent climber, often makes the platforms in trees to rest and eat.  It has been known to raise thorny cactus-eating fruit on top. Most of the bear have 14 pairs of ribs. The spectacled bear has 13 ribs. Its long, curved claws are great for digging or breaking into insect mounds for food. Longer front than back legs help them to climb. The spectacled bear population is under threat for a number of reasons like , the gall bladders of spectacled bears are also valued in traditional Chinese medicine 

The tarsier lives in the trees of South-East Asia and is similar to lemurs, monkeys and apes.The tarsier primarily feeds on insects but tarsiers will also eat small animals such as rodents, reptiles and birds.  It has the largest eyes in the mammal world. Tarsiers have even been known to catch birds that are in motion The eyes of the western tarsier are so big they weigh more than its brain.  The tarsier elongated fingers are dark brown and almost twig like in appearance.

Seahorses differ in color, some are orange, red, yellow, green and even grey.  Seahorses are unable to curl their tail backwards.  Seahorses change color to blend with the environment.  Seahorses make up the genus Hippocampus fish in the Syngnathidae family. "Seahorse" comes from ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and campos which means "sea monster." They have long snouts, which used to suck up food, and eyes that can move independently of one another, like a chameleon. Seahorses eat small shrimp, small fish, crustaceans and plankton.The female lays eggs in the male's pouch, and then leaves. Out of the entire animal kingdom, these are the only animals in which the male has the babies.  The Seahorse populations are thought to have been threatened in recent years by overfishing and habitat destruction. The seahorse is used in traditional Chinese herbology, and up to 20 million seahorses every year can be captured and sold for this purpose.