Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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