The heart of a mouse beats 650 times per minute!
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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68.
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On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.
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Snails breathe through their feet.
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The average housefly weighs 10 to 15 millionths of a pound.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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