It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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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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