When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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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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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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