A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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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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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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