- Each day in the U.S, animal shelters are forced to destroy approximately 30,000 dogs and cats.

 - Catnip can affect lions and tigers as well as housecats

 - Turtles are cold blooded, like all reptiles. But the Blanding's Turtle, a common North American freshwater species, has been seen swimming under the ice in the Great Lakes during winter.

 - Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of their feet

 - Chameleons can move their eyes in two different directions at the same time.