Say Cheese!
Cheeses made from the milk of this animal include Roquefort, Manchego, Feta and Pecorino Romano.
Sheep
One of the most common names for this aquatic pet is “Jaws”.
Goldfish
According to a debunked legend, Benjamin Franklin lobbied for this tasty bird to be the national symbol of the United States rather than the bald eagle.
Turkey
With arms too short to reach its mouth, the newborn offspring of this “tyrant lizard” may have been covered in feathers.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Known to outwit even the most cutting-edge Acme products, the nests of this Southwestern bird are made of rattlesnake skin, among other things.
Road Runner
Mozzarella, now often made from cow’s milk, is traditionally made from the milk of this animal.
(Italian) Buffalo
This tool-shaped cartilaginous fish has 360-degree vision.
Hammerhead Shark
This mythical equine is the national animal of Scotland.
Unicorn
The last isolated populations of this woolly giant are believed to have vanished from Wrangel Island, off Siberia’s Northern Coast, around 4,000 years ago.
(Woolly) Mammoth
Christopher Columbus confused these creatures, also known as "sea cows”, for mermaids when he landed in the New World.
Manatee
Humbold Fog is a California cheese made from this the milk of this mammal, the first to be domesticated.
Goat
While generally considered an apex predator, the great white shark is occasionally preyed upon by this animal.
Orca
Mostly known for promoting a sugary breakfast cereal in the United States, this colorful creature is the national bird of Belize.
Toucan
Fossils of this fearsome large-fanged feline known to have roamed North America up to 10,000 years ago have been found in the Anza Borrego Desert of San Diego County.
Smilodon/Sabertooth Cat/Sabertooth Tiger
A questionable, yet widely-circulated report on the Internet claims that up to 3% of glacial ice in Antartica consists of the urine of this bird.
Penguin
Byaslag is a mild Mongolian cheese made from the milk of a cow or from this animal.
Yak
The age of a shark can be determined by counting the rings of its vertebrae. Based on this method, the age of a massive shark of this species has recently been determined to have been up to 512 years.
Greenland Shark
The coat of arms of Australia depicts a kangaroo and this animal.
Emu
With a mouth nearly ten feet wide, the name of this possibly most frightening creature ever means “giant tooth” in Greek.
Megalodon
One of few venomous mammal species, this strange creature lays eggs and has a beak.
(Duck-Billed) Platypus
In Monty Python’s Cheese Shop Sketch John Cleese introduces the viewer to a fictional Venezuelan cheese made from the milk of this semiaquatic rodent.
Beaver
Think you’re safe from Jaws in fresh water? This aggressive shark species is known to migrate up rivers and can even be found in Lake Nicaragua, 100 miles from the Caribbean Sea.
Bull Shark
This national animal of New Zealand is a relative of the ostrich and emu.
Kiwi
The last living specimen of this carnivorous marsupial was captured in Australia in 1933.
Thylacine/Tasmanian Wolf/Tasmanian Tiger
With fingerprints sometimes indistinguishable from those of humans, this marsupial may very well have thrown off forensic investigators Down Under in the past.
Koala