Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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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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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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