Surprising Animal Facts by Brooke Barker

Brooke Barker illustrates what she called sad facts about animals and shares them on her Instagram page that’s followed by over 265,000 people. These seemingly simple illustrations actually require a lot of research and other work.

“Some animals are a little easier for me to draw, especially cats and raccoons, and some are a little trickier, sloths, anteaters, anything I haven’t seen a lot,” Brooke says. When she’s not familiar with an animal, she finds as many photos of it as she can and practices a lot before making the final illustrations.

While she thinks the facts she shares with her followers are sad, we actually think are super interesting and amusing. Scroll down to discover some sad animal facts!

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Bad news for reindeer 🍪🥛 #sadanimalfacts

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Bad news about koalas. #sadanimalfacts

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