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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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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