Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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