# DataVault Animal Facts

> DataVault Animal Facts is a paid API for AI agents from zetavault.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns fun or educational facts about a specified animal, with optional control over how many facts to return.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://zetavault.vercel.app/api/animal-facts
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/datavault-animal-facts-a0fe77ae
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iF68ZPL7pAvyz47609UrJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability datavault-animal-facts-a0fe77ae -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Give me 5 interesting facts about octopuses from DataVault's animal facts endpoint.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, structured animal facts for educational content, trivia apps, chatbot enrichment, or wildlife Q&A — especially when you want to pay per call with no subscription overhead via USDC on Base.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or unsupported animal name returns empty or error data
- Count value too high may return fewer facts than requested
- Missing animal parameter may result in generic or error response
- Network/service downtime returns non-200 or payment-related error
- Payment failure via x402 prevents any data from being returned

## How this service works

54 endpoints spanning local tools, live data feeds, and AI-powered text processing. Pay-per-call with USDC on Base.

## Output

A JSON object with a 'success' boolean and a 'data' object containing the requested animal facts — typically a list of fact strings about the queried animal.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "count": {
   "type": "integer"
  },
  "animal": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/datavault-animal-facts-a0fe77ae/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from zetavault.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/zetavault.vercel.app/llms.txt)