In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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