There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
9
Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
12
Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
14
Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
9
Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
6
Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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