Amazing Animals Facts — Surprising Wildlife Facts for Everyone

The potto is one of Africa's most mysterious and least known primates — a slow-moving, nocturnal, bear-like creature of West and Central African rainforests that hides one of the most surprising defensive weapons found in any primate, and has a grip so strong that it can hang from a branch all night even while completely asleep. Here are the most amazing potto facts! Did you know? The potto has elongated, sharp-tipped vertebrae that pierce through the skin of its neck — creating a row of spiky protrusions that it uses to head-butt predators that grab it from behind, driving the spines into the attacker's face as a genuinely painful defensive weapon! 🦴 The Spine Weapon Hidden in the Neck The potto's most remarkable feature is one that is largely invisible until the animal activates it. Several of the potto's neck vertebrae have enormously elongated spinous processes — the projections that normally form the small bumps you can feel along any vertebrate's spine — t...