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    Hippo Blood Sweat
    Hippo Blood Sweat
    Hippos secrete a red-pink fluid, dubbed "blood sweat", which acts as a skin moisturizer, water repellent, sunscreen, and antibiotic.
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    When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
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    Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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    It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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    The bagpipe was first made from the liver of a sheep.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
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    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Researchers find new emperor penguin colonies by looking for their poop from a satellite in space.
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