The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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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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