Sea otters hold hands while sleeping to stay together. They form floating rafts of up to 100 animals. Mothers wrap babies in kelp like swaddling blankets. The otters use their stomachs as dinner tables. They have the densest fur of any animal.
FACT
@fact5
Animal OdditiesFeb 04, 2026
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart in ocean currents, and mothers wrap their babies in kelp like blankets.
KEEP SCROLLING
More strange facts ✦
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Tardigrades can survive in space for 10 days without protection and come back to life after being completely dehydrated for decades
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Male seahorses are the only species where males get pregnant and can give birth to 2,000 babies at once
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Male anglerfish are 60 times smaller than females and survive by permanently fusing their body to the female, becoming a living sperm sac.
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Wombats produce cube-shaped poop and scientists discovered they achieve this by having square-shaped intestines that compress waste into cubes.
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
A woman in Sweden tried to reduce her carbon footprint by living like it was 1850 for a year, including making soap from ashes and refusing electricity.
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
A man in Japan married his pillow in a legal ceremony with 3,000 guests because he fell in love with the anime character printed on it.
FACT
@fact5
Science Gone Wrong
In 1962, NASA accidentally created a rainbow that could be seen from 1,000 miles away when their rocket exploded and released metallic particles into the atmosphere.
FACT
@fact5
Human Body
The Body's Highway System
FACT
@fact5
Science
The Unfreezing Element
FACT
@fact5
Creepy Discoveries
Scientists found a species of fungus that zombifies carpenter ants by taking control of their brains and forcing them to climb plants before exploding their heads to spread spores.
FACT
@fact5
Bizarre Human Behavior
In South Korea, there are professional video game mourners who attend funerals in online games and cry for deceased players' characters
FACT
@fact5
Heartwarming Humanity
A homeless man in Boston returned a backpack containing $42,000 in cash and the grateful owner gave him an apartment and job