The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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