OMUNKY News Blog — Animal Facts

Image courtesy of National Geographic For those of you who didn't know, its Shark Week, the annual event where the Discovery Channel airs all programs related to these top predators. You have until Sunday night to get your shark fix in! Shark Week also brings up another topic: the near extinction of these magnificent creatures. As predators at or near the top of marine food webs, sharks have helped maintain the balance of marine life in our oceans for the past 400 million years. Research shows that the massive depletion of sharks has cascading effects throughout our oceans. Fins from...

 I think random animal facts will be a good addition to this blog. I mean, who doesn't want random conversation starters about wildlife. Exactly! Here's a fun fact about one of your favorite farm animals, pigs! Pigs snuggle close to one another and prefer to sleep nose to nose. They dream, much as humans do. In their natural surroundings, pigs spend hours playing, sunbathing, and exploring. People who run animal sanctuaries for farmed animals often report that pigs, like humans, enjoy listening to music, playing with soccer balls, and getting massages. - PETA Sounds like pigs are a bunch of...