Animal Facts

    Random Animal Facts

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    A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
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    Sharks Are Older Than Trees
    Sharks have been around longer than trees.
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    Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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    A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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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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    The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.
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    Butterflies taste with their feet.
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    Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.
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