[Calibri]

usernumber 927415
name Aisling Sheridan
fact Inaudible to the human ear, bees "whoop" when they bump into each other. It is believed that they make this whooping sound when startled as a way to signal something along the lines of "uh oh, this is bad". The "whoop" sound is not produced by the bee itself, but rather the vibrations caused by the bee vibrating the honeycomb. If you tap a beehive, they will all whoop together. source source (+ audio)

[spectralFeather]

USERNUMBER: 934125
name: Aara
fact: Squirrels can survive falling at their terminal velocity, meaning that they'd have to jump from about 4800 miles in the air for the fall to be fatal as that will give them enough time to starve. Again, they can survive their terminal velocity, but they can only walk away unscathed from any fall of 100 feet or less.
Please don't yeet squirrels to test this fact, though.
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[roelian]

USERNUMBER: 34199
name: naos
fact:
There's actually science behind why barns are painted red today! Farmers didn't have a ton of money to spend on paint, so they created their own sealant for the exterior wood of their buildings. Skimmed milk, lime, and a red oxide (soil or rust) the rust was beneficial too in the paint, not only for the anesthetics of a red barn, but because the rust acts as a natural fungicide and prevents the buildup of moisture.

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As a note to the side: many farmers believe it bad luck to tear down a barn. This is why you see many dilapidated buildings just barely holding themselves up in fields. Other farmers don't believe the superstition and, quote, "if it weren't for old barns and tractors people wouldn't have anything to take pictures of"

[Rabbit]

USERNUMBER [the last numbers in the link when you open your CS profile]: 623629
name: Rush
fact:

While it's technically a fact, it's also something that not many people really think much about, as it's a bit mind-boggling to some, aha. The way that humans (alongside many animals and other things) see colours, is through how our rods and cones work in our eyes. However, because of that, there's a lot of differences between how one person sees colour versus how another person sees that same colour. Some people have issues such as being colour-blind or more sensitive to certain colours, but for most 'normal' people, there's still no true way to compare how we see colours.

Essentially, the colour I see as blue might be the same colour you see as red. The way I see red could be slightly different from your version of red. However, there's no way to really know how someone else sees colour, as there's no way to really explain it (yet?). So this Kalon could look completely different to every single one of us, but we have no way of knowing for sure!

[PleaserOfCrowds]

USERNUMBER [the last numbers in the link when you open your CS profile]: 756851
name: Rou
fact:

Mark!

[Foxghost]

USERNUMBER [the last numbers in the link when you open your CS profile]: 941592
name: Magnolia Steele
fact:

In Puerto Rico there is a large population of bioluminescent algae that glows very bright due to there being so many of them, since the water there is great for these guys to live in. There are a few other areas like this, but the environment needs to be just right and there needs to be a large amount of them in order for their light to glow this brightly.
"If colonies reach 100,000 single cells per liter of water and the sun is strong throughout the day, the dinoflagellates can be charged - just like a solar lamp - and glow the night away".
Image, article, and quote from DW

[deerbroken]

USERNUMBER: 641378
name: Mephisa
fact:
Did you know that some breeds of fish can change their sex? A popular example is the clownfish, where in a group of them if the female dies, the next largest male fish will change sex to replace her. There are many other types of fish like this, however, and the change they exhibit is called sequential hermaphroditism.

Clownfish are a species that change from male to female, but in fish the more common form is female to male. There's an episode of Blue Planet that follows a fish called the Kobudai for months, where one of the female fish changes sex and appearance to replace another male fish. The kobudai's behavior becomes more aggressive after its long leave, and it exhibits a large growth on its forehead typical to that of males. It's physical sex also changes during the process. It's pretty cool.

Kobudai and other types of fish that start as female and change to male are called protogynous. Clownfish and some others are called protandrous, as they start male and change to female. There are more types of fish that remain hermaphroditic for their whole lives, and fish that change back and fourth between sexes depending on their environment and needs.

Other fish that show this behavior are wrasses, moray eels, and gobbies. There are also other animals have also shown this trait, including mushroom corals and even chickens in some cases.

The wrasses, a small type of fish that live in coral reefs, change their sex in only ten days. The cues seem to be visual, according to one study. Here's a chart that goes over how it works.



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[Mylkie]

Usernumber:982303
Name:Salphie
Fact:
Jellyfish are pretty energy efficient, can liveforever and are normally only seen by large groups of people in aquariums or on the beach:



A lot of times however, the things you see on the beach are not always jellyfish:

• Salpha are creatures often mistaken for jellyfish though they are simply taking advantage of the plankton blooms that may have occurred in the area.
• Predatory snail egg casings/sacs are another thing often mistaken for jellyfish. Though they come in a range of colors and sizes, the ones that happen to be soft and clear gets washed ashore and immediately the though is jellyfish!
• Finally, there's the case when they're actual jellies. Ashore, jellies can live for up to 48 minutes out of the sea so if you're sure of the species or you have things you can use without physical contact with the jellyfish you can try to put them back into the ocean.

[Rorrim]

USERNUMBER111992
Name: Artemis
Fact:

Calico cats are almost always born female. This is because the genetic code for the black or orange coloration of a cat is linked to the X chromosome only. Female cats have two X chromosomes, and thus a chance to inherit both orange and black genetics from their parents (one color from each chromosome). While male cats that have only one X chromosome can only inherit the one single color from that chromosome. A male cat would have to have a rare genetic mutation that gives him an extra X chromosome to be a calico.

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[MoonLesbian]

Usernumber: 155030
Name: Mimzy
Fact: Jackrabbits are actually hares, which are so unrelated to rabbits that they can't even breed together! Here's a picture of a cottontail rabbit vs a jackrabbit (image is a link to the source):