Random Animal Facts

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    During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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    Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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    A banana slug can be 6-8 inches and their erect penis can be just as long. Also, their penises emerge from their heads. After sex, banana slugs eat each others penises.
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    The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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    Sloth Poop Dance
    Sloth Poop Dance
    Sloths only poop once a week. The event is called 'the poo dance' because they wiggle their butts.
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    Haicheng Earthquake
    Haicheng Earthquake
    In 1975, officials in the Chinese city of Haicheng were so alarmed by odd and anxious behavior of dogs and other animals, they ordered the evacuation of 90,000 residents from the city. Only a few hours later, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake destroyed nearly 90 percent of the city’s buildings.
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    15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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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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