The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white
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No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale's tongue.
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All species of beetles are edible.
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