Animal Facts

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    Black Whales are born white.
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    Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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    The average housefly weighs 10 to 15 millionths of a pound.
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    Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.
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    Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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    A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
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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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    Beavers can swim half a mile underwater on one gulp of air.
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