Random Animal Facts

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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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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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    Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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    Cuddle Death
    Cuddle Death
    Once the Queen is deemed unfit to serve due to old age or disease, worker bees form a tight cluster around her until she dies from overheating, a process known as "cuddle death."
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    All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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    Mouth-Peeing Turtles
    Mouth-Peeing Turtles
    There's a species of soft-shelled turtle in China that 'pees' in puddles through its mouth.
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    The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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