Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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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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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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