In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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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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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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