It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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