Animal Facts

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    Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.
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    Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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    A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.
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    World's Tallest Dog
    World's Tallest Dog
    Zeus, a Great Dane, was crowned the world's tallest dog in 2012. Measuring a whopping 1.11 meters (3'8") from shoulder to foot, he stood at an amazing 2.2 meters (7'3") in height on his hind legs.
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    The Jewel Wasp injects a drug into a cockroach’s brain, turns it into a zombie, rides it like a horse back to its burrow, and then lets its hatched larvae feed on the cockroaches body from the inside.
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    Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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    Sloths swim 3x faster than they move on land, and can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes
    Sloths can swim three times faster than they can move on land. They can also hold their breath for up to 40 minutes.
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    Over one million stray dogs live in the New York City metropolitan area.
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