When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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