Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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