Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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