Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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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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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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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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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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