It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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