A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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