When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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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.
9
Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
660
Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
14
It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
492
Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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