Over the last week or so, I have come across many strange and interesting facts, so have compiled a list of a few of my favourite.
There exists a species of worm known as the pigbutt worm or flying buttocks, which, as the name suggests, looks like a disembodied bottom.
In 1984, Barry Marshall drank a petri dish of bacteria to prove that they caused stomach ulcers. He won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2005 for this research.
By 2050, it is predicted that 99% of seabirds will have some plastic waste in them, due to the massive pollution problems caused by the "islands" of floating plastic.
Darwin's frogs keep their offspring safe in a very unusual way - the male keeps them in his vocal sac until they are fully developed, when he vomits them out.
Scientists discovered about 1500 new bacteria species, in 2012, in human belly buttons.
Tigers' paw prints are known as pug marks.
Polar Bear livers contain so much Vitamin A, that if a human ate one, they would die.
Northern Quolls are marsupials, but don't have a pouch.
Like many amphibians, the axolotl is able to regenerate limbs. Unusual though, it is also able to rebuild its jaw, spine and brain without any scarring.
The human pancreas produces bicarbonate, which is essentially baking soda.
Emily Lauterpacht
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