Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year!
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Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!
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In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
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