Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
11
Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
11
The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
9
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.
8
It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
217
Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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