Random Animal Facts

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    A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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    In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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    When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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    Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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    The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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    Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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    The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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