Animal Facts

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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale's tongue.
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    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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    There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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    At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal
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    Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
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    Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
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    Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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