Wikipedia:Fooled By Nature

Fooled By Nature is a documentary reality television series broadcast on Animal Planet. It shows facts and myths about animal behavior and invites the spectator to guess if they are true or false.

Amazing Abodes

 * Beavers build dams to store food for the winter.
 * Sexton beetles use dead animals to raise their young.
 * Cave swiftlets build their nests out of their saliva.
 * Termites build non stop.
 * The Lungfish can survive for years in a cocoon

Awesome Appearances

 * Chameleons express their feelings by changing colors.
 * The Peacock uses ultraviolet patterns to attract a female.
 * Cuttlefish hypnotize their prey with stripes.
 * Zebras use optical illusions to avoid predators and pests.
 * Sloths are green from eating leaves.

Bizarre Breeders

 * Male Emperor penguins will endure the harshest Antarctic winters for the sake of their chicks.
 * Naked mole rats are ruled by females.
 * Alligator eggs are controlled by temperature
 * Maleos use volcanic soil to incubate their eggs.
 * A Spider whose mother who will literally die for her offspring.

Communicative Creatures

 * Elephant seals have conversations.
 * Alligators have a repertoire.
 * The Lyrebird is a master at mimicking other birds or even a chainsaw.
 * Jumping spiders that speak through their silk.
 * Elephants have a seismic secret language.

Crafty Crooks

 * The frigatebird steals fish from other birds
 * Dolphins in Brazil steal fish from fisherman nets.
 * Lions steal food from vultures cheetahs, hyenas, and other lions.
 * Langur monkeys manage to get away with anything with their sacred status
 * The Nile monitor lizard likes robbing Bee eater nests for eggs and chicks.

Crazy Climbers

 * Sifaka lemurs can leap from thorn tree to thorn tree without injury.
 * The leopard can haul prey 3 times its bodyweight into the trees.
 * Tree kangaroos have an extra limb for climbing.
 * The Tokay gecko climbs with extra sticky, hairy toes.
 * The Rock hyrax has sucker like feet to climb rocky faces.

Creature Conflict

 * Hippos fight each other for a stretch of food rich river.
 * Warthogs always have a really bad temper and look for any opportunity to fight.
 * Bison are designed to butt and clash heads.
 * Male rattlesnakes dance with their rivals.
 * Male capybaras constantly fight each other for females.

Cunning Cats

 * Lions roar to avoid fights.
 * The Bengal tiger can run very swiftly.
 * Fishing cats love water.
 * The fossa is superbly adapted for life in the trees.
 * Cheetahs can overheat quickly when running.

Curious Courtship

 * The Bowerbird uses flowers to attract females.
 * The Ugandan kob uses prime real estate to attract females.
 * Male Garter snakes uses a special scent to pretend to be female.
 * The Anthiinae fish can change from female to male.
 * Spotted hyenas have dominant females and subordinate males.

Devious Defences

 * The Horned lizard startles its enemies by squirting blood.
 * Spitting cobras can aim and spray their venom into their enemy's eyes.
 * Ground squirrels use scent to defend themselves against predators.
 * Fulmar chicks vomit can soil and kill.
 * Underwing moths can avoid bats with their ears.

Dubious Giants

 * African elephants have hollow skulls.
 * The Blue whale has the loudest voice on earth.
 * Ostriches kidnap the offspring of others.
 * Grizzly bears can eat plants.
 * Nile crocodiles can eat large prey in one sitting.

Fabulous Flyers

 * Bat wings are actually hands.
 * Dragonflies live for only one day.
 * The Goshawk can fly fast and dodge trees.
 * The Draco lizard can glide from tree to tree.
 * A Pigeon can outmaneuver a Peregrine falcon.

Family Ties

 * Male Geladas need the support of the females to ward off rival males.
 * Giant otters hunt like a pack of wolves.
 * Ring tailed lemurs help the matriarch raise her young.
 * African wild dogs have very good manners while feeding.
 * Lar gibbons resolve disputes by singing.

Fantastic Feeders

 * The Elephants of Mount Elgon mine for salt.
 * Parrotfish dung is used to attract tourists.
 * Giraffes have incredible tongues for eating leaves.
 * Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
 * Bat eared foxes hunt insects.

Hungry Hunters

 * Humpback whales herd their prey with sound.
 * Corolla spiders use quartz rocks to catch their prey.
 * The Aye aye has super sensitive ears.
 * Rattlesnakes can see body heat.
 * Archerfish are sharp shooters.

Incredible Intelligence

 * Capuchin monkeys use their brains to eat Brazil nuts.
 * Starlings have an instinct for math.
 * An Octopus has intelligent arms.
 * The Kea will eat almost anything.
 * Grey squirrels have an excellent memory of where they hid their acorns.

Marvellous Migrations

 * Wildebeest can detect which patch of grass has phosphorus.
 * Bull sharks can move out of the ocean and into rivers to give birth.
 * Monarch butterflies travel all across America.
 * Caribou migration is dictated by mosquitos.
 * Christmas Island Red Crabs can't swim but have to return to the ocean.

Medicinal Marvels

 * Black Lemurs use millipedes to keep their skin free of parasites.
 * Polar bears eat seal fat but have good cholesterol levels.
 * Aphids use plants as a fertility clinic.
 * Macaws visit clay licks to detoxify from the natural poisons found in their food.
 * White fronted capuchin monkeys rub themselves with piper leaves.

Natural Neighbors

 * Langur monkeys and Chital Deer work cooperatively to find food and watch for danger.
 * Cleaner fish have a special touch with their hosts.
 * Mongooses and Hornbills share the tasks of finding food and watching out for predators.
 * Ants that care for a caterpillar to earn a reward.
 * Oxpeckers may clean animals for a price: Their blood.

Nature's Navigators

 * Orangutans use their memories to help them find fruit.
 * Honeybees use the position of the sun as a compass.
 * Elephants are guided by patterns in the sky.
 * Sea turtles can read magnetic fields just like a map.
 * Elephant shrews can know where to run for cover when in danger.

Peculiar Poisons

 * Gila Monster venom has medicinal properties.
 * Male Kangaroos fight each other with toxic saliva.
 * Cane toads who have used their poison to take over Australia.
 * Loggerhead turtles take the poison from their prey.
 * Platypus venom can cause severe pain.

Sensational Specialists

 * Vampire Bats can smell blood.
 * Armadillos were solely set up to insects but can eat other things.
 * Dung Beetles whose dung eating cleans up the African savannah
 * Sand Bubbler Crabs can find food at a phenomenal rate.
 * Giant Pandas who eats plants have all the characteristics of a carnivore.

Surprising Survivors

 * Flamingos can thrive in boiling hot salt lakes.
 * Polar bears can overheat in the Arctic.
 * The Desert rain frog who is the ultimate water recycler
 * Bar Headed Geese can fly at very high alitudes.
 * Carp that can live without oxygen for months on end.

Terrific Teeth

 * Komodo Dragons have teeth like a shark's
 * The Giant Anteater has tiny teeth to eat ants.
 * An Agouti can gnaw through a brazil nut.
 * Shark skin is made of denticles.
 * A Babirusa's teeth grow right through its head.