There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
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Most elephants weigh less than a blue whale's tongue.
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In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.
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Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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