1.  A black panther is really a black leopard.
2.  The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hound.
3. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
4.  A dog’s shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.
5.  Tigers have striped skin as well as their fur.
6. Hippos can run faster than humans!
7.  The Latin name for moose is alces alces.
8.  The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain.
9.  The Kangaroo's ancestors lived in trees. Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.
10.  A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
11.  The Great Horned Owl has no sense of smell.
12. Scientists have performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
13.  The flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. This is equivalent to a man jumping the Empire State Building in New York.
14.  Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
15.  The very first bomb that the Allies dropped on Berlin in WW2 hit an elephant.
16.  A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
17.  A moth has no stomach.
18.  George Washington's teeth were made of elephant ivory, and walrus tusks.
19.  Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.
20.  Goats and sheep are seasonal breeders.
21. An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away.
22.  Deer can't eat hay.
23.  A skunk will not bite and throw its scent at the same time.
24.  In 2003, Dr. Roger Mugford invented the “wag-o-meter” a device that claims to interpret a dog’s exact mood by measuring the wag of its tail.
25.  Every day of the year, 100 whales are killed by whale fisherman.

These facts were found using the link below.

http://www.factsaboutanimals.net/