The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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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.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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