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