Owl
The owl can rotate its head some 270 degrees
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Smokybrown Cockroach
Has up to 45 eggs per egg case
Brown-banded Cockroach
Females glue egg cases to furniture
Brown Dog Tick
Can live its entire life indoors
Ortolan Bunting
The tradition of hiding your face with a napkin or towel while eating this bird was begun by a priest who was a friend of the great French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
European Bee-Eater
They can eat up to 250 bees per day!
Cinereous Vulture
This vulture can fly at great heights. At least one was found a few thousand feet from the top of Mount Everest.
Griffon Vulture
Can spot a dead animal from thousands of feet away
Eurasian Jay
The Eurasian jay has the ability to mimic other sounds
Hawk Moth Caterpillar
Many hawk moth caterpillars eat toxins from plants, but don’t sequester them the way milkweed butterflies do. Most toxins are excreted.
European Corn Borer
Female can lay up to 600 eggs in her 14-day lifespan
Cave Bear
Cave bears may have been worshiped by primitive humans.
Cave Lion
Unlike modern lions, cave lions didn't have a significant mane.
Red Kite
This bird moves its tail to steer its body like a rudder on a boat.
Codling Moth
Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.
Spinosaurus
The Spinosaurus is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered!
Dusky Shark
The Dusky Shark sometimes eats trash discarded by humans.