It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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