Random Animal Facts

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    A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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    A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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    The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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    A 'geep' is a very rare goat-sheep hybrid or chimera.
    A 'geep' is a very rare goat-sheep hybrid or chimera.
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    When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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    When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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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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    Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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