To hypnotise a frog, place it on its back and stroke its belly. It will do anything you say after that.
The kakapo, as well as having a dodgy name, sleeps all day, can't fly and is the heaviest parrot in the world. A disgrace to the parrot nation.
Beware of vultures; as well as wanting to eat your bones, they will vomit at you if approached. Not who you want as neighbours.
The umbrella squid has one eye twice as big as the other, and both are different colours. As if being slimy and having too many arms didn't make it freaky enough.
The small ones are always the worse - the female mosquito has killed around 45 billion people. She needs to be caught.
Although the blue whale has a very large mouth, the biggest thing it can swallow is a whole grapefruit. Not that there are many grapefruit in his manor.
Baby giraffes are dead hard. When they are born they fall six foot and don't even cry.
The laughing owl used to attract mates with a high pitched giggle. No wonder its extinct.
The x-ray fish thinks its scary, as it shows off its skeleton by being totally transparent. Trouble is its only 5cm long, so no one's exactly going to scream at Hallow'en.
