Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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