Armadillos can get leprosy.
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Elephants are among the most emotional creatures in the world - they have even been known to rescue other animals, such as trapped dogs.
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A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
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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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The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1!
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The average life span of a hermit crab is 75 years!
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