What is your favourite fact?
I don’t know if this counts, considering the community’s name, but here goes:
In the Philippines, there exists:
- an island
- in a lake
- on an island
- in a lake
- on an island
and I, for some reason, think this is amazingly interesting :)
Certain bird species, like pigeons and parrots, will release their tail feathers when they get caught by a predator. This way they can escape, leaving the predator with a mouth full of feathers. Sometimes it’s called fright moult.
We’re made from star dust :)
many species of conifer require fire to propagate - the high heat releases the seeds from their protective enclosure. this is why forest fires are beneficial to some forest environments
I’m full of weird facts i learned over the years actually. So, another one: wombats have cube shaped poop.
The temperature greatly influences the sex of Alligator eggs. Above 93F and the majority of the eggs will be male.
I think this actually also true for certain other reptiles and even some fish. Really freaking interesting.