One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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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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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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