Animal Facts That Will Make You Smile

1. Sea Otters hold hands while sleeping so they do not drift apart.

2. Squirrels plant thousands of trees every year just by forgetting where they put their acorns.

3. When male puppies play with female puppies, they often let the female win even if they have the physical advantage.

4. Gentoo Penguins propose to their life-mates with a pebble.

5. Killing a Panda is punishable by DEATH in China.

6. Spiders cannot fly.

7. Japanese Macaques make snowballs for fun.

8. A cat version of the Corgi exists: The Munchkin Cat

9. Dogs' nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints, and can be used to identify them.

10. Butterflies taste with their feet.

11. Leonardo Da Vinci used to buy caged animals at the market, just to set them free.

12. The Wood Frog, and other animals have the ability to freeze solid in the winter, and thaw in the spring and be perfectly healthy.

13. The FBI tracks Animal Abuse just like Homicide, Arson, and Assault.

14. A group of parrots is known as a Pandemonium

15. By eating pest insects, bats save the U.S agricultural industry an estimated 3 billion dollars per year!

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