The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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