If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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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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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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