Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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