The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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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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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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