Feel like you need to “touch some grass”?
We got you! More like, nature’s got you, for these facts about nature — from trees to birds and bees (not those ones) — will bring a smile to your face!
2. Squirrels plant thousands of trees every year. How? They forget where they left their acorns, and those acorns grow into trees.
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3. There’s a penguin in the Edinburgh Zoo that has been knighted. Yes!
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4. Cows produce more milk when they’re listening to music.
5. Beavers, seahorses, and puffins are just some of the animals that mate for life.
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6. Bearcats, or binturongs smell like buttered popcorn.
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7. Harvest mice can often be found asleep inside a flower.
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8. Onions don’t just make you cry, but eating too many can put you to sleep.
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9. Plants have siblings! And they can tell them apart from strangers.
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10. Similar metals can weld together on their own, when in space.
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11. Baby giraffes use their butts as pillows to sleep.
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12. Buffaloes, red deer, and some monkeys also have democracy.
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13. Pencils and diamonds are made of the same material — carbon.
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How many of these did you know? Do you have any interesting nature facts that you'd like to share? Tell us in the comments!
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