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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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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