1.  Birds can recognize landmarks.
2.  The starfish is the only animal capable of turning its stomach inside-out.
3.  Male dogs will raise their legs while urinating to aim higher on a tree or lamppost because they want to leave a message that they are tall and intimidating. Some wild dogs in Africa try to run up tree trunks while they are urinating to appear to be very large.
4.  About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep.
5.  Sharks are immune to cancer!
6. Worldwide, more people eat and drink milk from goats than any other animal.
7. Alligators cannot move backwards.
8.  The most popular dog breed in Canada, America, and Great Britain is the Labrador retriever.
9.  The largest giant squid ever found weighed 8,000 pounds.
10.  Approximately 100 people die each year when they are stepped on by cows.
11.  A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.
12. Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.
13.  The Sea Horse is the slowest fish, drifting at approximately 0.016 km/h.
14. Whale Milk is 50% Fat.
15.  In Croatia, scientists discovered that lampposts were falling down because a chemical in the urine of male dogs was rotting the metal.
16.  In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
17. The swan has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
18.  The blue whale is the largest of all whales and is also considered the largest animal to have ever existed in the world.
19. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
20. Starfish have eight eyes - one at the end of each leg.
21.  There are almost 60 million dogs in the United States.
22.  After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again.
23.  A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
24. Back in 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine!

These facts were found using the link below.

http://www.factsaboutanimals.net/