The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale's tongue.
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A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops.
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Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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