It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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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 oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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