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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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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