In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
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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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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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Minnows have teeth in their throat.
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Snails breathe through their feet.
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