Red pandas are more closely related to raccoons than to pandas.
The flying fox is actually a bat.
The bearcat isn't a bear or a cat.
And would you believe the spitting cobra doesn't spit?
Well, at least not technically.
Wait what's that, then?
Spitting cobras are members of the snake family Elapidae.
Some members of this family have evolved the ability to shoot venom from their fangs when threatened.
Here's how it works.
By squeezing the muscles on their venom glands, these snakes eject a spray of venom toward their victim.
