Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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