The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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