Animal Facts

    Random Animal Facts

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    In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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    A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.
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    Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
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    The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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    Octopuses enter a dementia-like state after breeding, forget what happened
    After octopuses breed, they develop dementia. They then live the rest of their lives in this confused, seemingly lost state, with apparently no knowledge of previous events.
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    Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.
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    The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
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    One million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States.
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