A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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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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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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