The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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