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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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    A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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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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    A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
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    Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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    The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.
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    Megalodon
    Megalodon
    Megalodon was the biggest shark that ever existed. It was larger than the average city bus and could bite down with a force between 10.8 and 18.2 tons - enough to crush a prehistoric whale's skull as easily as a grape.
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    Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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