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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The world’s largest frog, the Goliath frog, can grow over 13 inches in length and can jump up to 10 feet in a single bound.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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