Five Amazing Facts About Animals for an Interesting Conversation 0 1168

1. Female dragonflies sometimes pretend to be dead to get rid of the annoying advances of males.

2. An octopus has eight tentacles, three hearts, and nine brains. It can also squeeze through a hole the size of a coin.

3. The cry of a sperm whale is so loud that sound waves can kill a person if they swim too close. Some divers have even reported feeling the water heat up from the energy of the sound.

4. The spikes on a tiger's tongue are so sharp that they can lick the skin off the muscles of their prey.

5. Vultures urinate on their legs to cool down on hot days. This process is called urohydrosis, and the urine helps kill bacteria or parasites they may have picked up while scavenging dead animals.