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    When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Cats have a weak sense of taste. They have only 473 tastebuds, humans have 9,000.
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    The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.
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    Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.
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    Male Orangutans Can Be Attracted to Women with Red Hair.
    Male orangutans can be attracted to women with red hair. One male, Hsing Hisng, has even ripped pictures of Nicole Kidman out of magazines and placed them in his enclosure.
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    Armadillos can get leprosy.
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    The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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