It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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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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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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