The Australian Koala never drinks water It gets its fluids –slowly – from the Eucalyptus leaves it eats

Male and female giraffes tend to eat from different parts of a tree to ensure that the sexes do not compete for food

Jellyfish and lobsters are considered biologically immortal They don t age and will never die unless they are killed

Dolphins don t breathe subconsciously which is why the only sleep with 50% of their brain active - To prevent drowning

Mosquito repellents don t repel they hide you The spray blocks the mosquito s sensors so they don t know you are there

The world s largest frog (Goliath frog) can grow up to 13 inches in length and can jump up to 10 feet in a single bound

A bolt of lightning travels at speeds of up to one hundred million feet per second or seventy-two million miles per hou

About 600 species of plants are carnivorous Most eat insects but also on the menu are frogs birds and even small monkeys

The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother s womb the survivor being the baby shark that is born

The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother s womb the survivor being the baby shark that is born

Birds are largely unaffected by spicy things like chilies as they are not sensitive to capsaicin the hot stuff in chilies

Rattlesnakes gather in groups to sleep through the winter Sometimes up to 1 000 of them will coil up together to keep warm

Ants go to war similar to humans They use even more advanced strategies such as sending the weaker ants out to fight first

There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million

Mako sharks show cannibalistic tendencies while still in mother s womb; older embryos will eat the younger embryos and eggs