Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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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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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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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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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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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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