Random Animal Facts

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    A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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    Giant River Otter
    Giant River Otter
    Giant river otters still exist in three remote river systems in South America. They can grow to almost 6 feet in length, hunt in packs, and even take on caimans.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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    When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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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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