Random Animal Facts

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    Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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    Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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    Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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    One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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    Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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    Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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