The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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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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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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