Useless Information
FEBRUARY 2024
- The North American pronghorn can run at speeds up to sixty miles per hour and is the fastest herbivore on the planet.
- Bobcat, mountain lion, coyote, and fox pee are sold commercially to repel deer, mice, and rabbits.
- The Galapagos tortoise can go for up to a year without eating or drinking, living off its stored fat.
- Female elephant seals will lose six hundred pounds in less than a month, once they begin nursing their young.
- Inuit sled dogs can live on seal blubber and snow alone. They can also travel one thousand miles in eight days.
- Macadamia nuts, caffeine, grapes, raisins, avocados, and sesame seeds are all toxic to dogs.
Borrowed by Daheap from The Super Book of Useless Information; Don Voorhees