Random Animal Facts

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    The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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    When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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    Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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    Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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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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