Random Animal Facts

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    Swimming Pigs
    Swimming Pigs
    There's an island in the Bahamas called Big Major Cay (or Pig Beach), which is only inhabited by swimming pigs.
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    The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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    Haicheng Earthquake
    Haicheng Earthquake
    In 1975, officials in the Chinese city of Haicheng were so alarmed by odd and anxious behavior of dogs and other animals, they ordered the evacuation of 90,000 residents from the city. Only a few hours later, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake destroyed nearly 90 percent of the city’s buildings.
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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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    Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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