It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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