Random Animal Facts

Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.

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The Tree Lobster, once thought to be extinct, is an insect that can grow to the size of a human hand, and it can only be found on a small island of rock that is Ball's Pyramid, Australia.

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Lobsters have blue blood.

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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)

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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.

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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.

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After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.

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Rats "laugh" when they are tickled.

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