Random Animal Facts

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    The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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    A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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    Sloths swim 3x faster than they move on land, and can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes
    Sloths can swim three times faster than they can move on land. They can also hold their breath for up to 40 minutes.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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    The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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