Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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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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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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A dork is a whale's penis.
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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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