The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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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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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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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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