You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray.

When a dolphin is sick or injured, its cries of distress summon immediate aid from other dolphins, who try to support it to the surface so that it can breathe.

The Albatross has a wing span of up to 14 feet and only needs to land once every couple of years to breed. They can travel hundreds of thousands of miles each flight.

Certain Chinese and American alligators can survive the winter by freezing their heads in ice, leaving their nose out to breath for months on end.

Sea Otters use so much energy that they need to eat as much as one-third of their weight each day.

The sailfish, the swordfish and the mako shark have all been clocked at swimming over 50mph.

Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.

The notion that cats and dogs are natural enemies (suggested by the phrase,"fighting like cats and dogs") is overstated, if not simply false. Generally speaking, cats and dogs get along better than cats and cats or dogs and dogs.

There's a "meow" in the middle of "homeowner."

According to a survey by the American Animal Hospital Association, 53 percent of pet owners vacation or travel with their pets.

Surveys show that 62 percent of dog owners admit that their dog owns a sweater, wintercoat or raincoat.

In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America.