Animal Kingdom

Nature had a plan. Not everyone agrees with it.

Most poopular · Pets

Public votes set the order. #1 is the most pooped.

Cat Pets

Cannot taste sweetness. The gene for the sweet receptor is broken in cats, from house cats to tigers.

Ferret Pets

Sleeps most of the day and was domesticated for hunting rabbits out of burrows.

Goldfish Pets

The three-second memory is a myth: it can be trained and remembers for months.

Guinea pig Pets

Cannot make its own vitamin C, so it has to get it from food — a trait it shares with humans.

Hamster Pets

Nocturnal, with cheek pouches that stretch back to the shoulders for carrying food.

Rabbit Pets

Digests twice, passing food through a second time to get at nutrients it missed.

Parrot Pets

Copies sounds rather than speaks, and some species live long enough to outlive their owners.

Dog Pets

Smells in stereo. Each nostril samples separately, which is how a dog works out which direction a smell came from.

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