Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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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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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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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