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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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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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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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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