animal facts you need to know: a thread

eastern spotted skunks do a lil handstand when they’re about to spray you

in the hawaiian creation myth, octopuses are the only creatures left over from a previous incarnation of earth and that’s why they’re so wise and resourceful

possums have too low of a body temperature to gestate the rabies virus but sometimes as a defense tactic they’ll foam at the mouth and pretend they have it

this was a good thread so i’m gonna add some more of my fav facts

though you might assume they have more, giraffes actually have the same number of vertebrae in their neck as humans - 7! owls have 14, which allows them to do all that crazy shit with their heads