1. Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food.
2.  The Mayans and Aztecs symbolized every tenth day with the dog, and those born under this sign were believed to have outstanding leadership skills.
3. When a male Tiger and female Lion mate they make a Tigon, when a male Lion and Female Tiger mate they make a Liger.
4. French poodles did not originate in France – they came from Germany.
5.  The breeding age for male goats is between 8-10 months.
6.  Elephants don't drink through their trunks like a straw.
7.  Baby whales grow to a 1/3 of their mother's length in the womb.
8. Goats do not have teeth in their upper front jaw.
9.  Goat’s milk is higher in calcium, vitamin A and niacin than cow’s milk.
10.  Turkeys have a poor sense of smell, but excellent sense of taste.
11.  Cats can hear ultrasound.
12.  Tuna fish can swim 40 miles in a single day.
13.  Bumblebees have hair on their eyes.
14.  Penguins can jump 6 feet out of water.
15.  Giraffe hearts pump twice as hard as a cow's to get blood to its brain.
16.  Dogs can smell about 1,000 times better than humans.
17.  Some dogs can smell dead bodies under water!
18.  More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the US at Thanksgiving.
19. Baby whales can gain up to 200 pounds per day.
20. Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny droplets of smelling chemicals in the air.
21.  Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
22.  A group of frogs is called an army.
23.  Barn owls hunt mostly small mammals such as the short-tailed vole.
24.  A ducks quack does echo, it's just very hard to hear.
25.  A cheetahs lifespan is up to 12 years in the wild

These facts were found using the link below.

http://www.factsaboutanimals.net/