Animal Facts

    Random Animal Facts

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    Sharks Are Older Than Trees
    Sharks have been around longer than trees.
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    Freddie Mercury held parties with midgets carrying around trays of cocaine.
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    Cuddle Death
    Cuddle Death
    Once the Queen is deemed unfit to serve due to old age or disease, worker bees form a tight cluster around her until she dies from overheating, a process known as "cuddle death."
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    Carbonemys
    Carbonemys
    About 60 million years ago, there was a species of turtle that was so large and had such powerful jaws that it could have devoured a crocodile.
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    15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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    A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
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    Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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    Scorpions + Alcohol
    Scorpions + Alcohol
    Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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