It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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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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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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