Random Animal Facts

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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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    The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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    Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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    Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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    Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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    There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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