Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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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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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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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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