When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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