Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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