Animal Facts

    Random Animal Facts

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    The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts.
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    Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
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    Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, blondes to brunettes.
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    The Firefly Is Not a Fly
    The firefly is not actually a fly, but a beetle.
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    Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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    Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.
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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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