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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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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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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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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